The three grids could be repaired, modified, and upgraded with 2 billion extra dollars from the federal budget. But, states would need to pony up funds to upgrade their systems. Otherwise their state would not be containable with the new grid technology. So local distribution points would require additional funding. And that would require the states to increase taxes. This then would require property taxes to be raised. In the end, 2 billion for the grids, and then state would have to upgrade. If the state is only minimally compliant now, then the cost would be a burden. Most states would not be compliant. Final, the cost would be more like 8 billion excluding federal funds. Does this make more sense to you?

Sorry I have not watched her and do not know if she may be talking about a temporary problem or a protracted issue say from an EMT.

CONSEQUENCES OF POWER FAILURE,

TEMPORAY. Not much. A dirty house and dirty people. But, most people will do fine. This is a loss of 10 or fewer days. As the circumstance goes on, then there are big problems.

Protracted grid failure = Mass death
Hospitalized on life support
Premature babies
People in need of immediate surgery
Some elderly, depending on their need for medications
Inner-city dwellers
Stupid people (not intending to be unkind)
Then the spread of disease from unsanitary conditions. Dysentery, Typhus, TB, Cholera, Measles, and a host of others
Starvation would claim billions in the US alone
People would freeze to death or die from the heat
Very young babies
Elderly, those that were healthy after the initial culling
Infections would claim anyone with depressed i****e s****m (which is the vast majority of Americans)

What would be lost
Ability to make chemicals used in medicine and equipment
T***sportation, including private cars
Toilets that flush
Refrigeration
Heating and cooling
Grocery stores
Fresh water
Petrol, both oil and gas
Communications
Large farms

Both of the above lists are incomplete. These are just the first things that came to mind.

Life would become a bitter, brutal struggle for survival. We would not and cannot just go retro and go back to the 1800s. Society thrived in the 1800s for four very simple reasons: 1) a non-electric infrastructure already existed; 2) people had the sk**ls, knowledge and tools to make do; 3) our population levels were far lower, and most people lived rural and raised a significant portion of their own food; and 4) there were relatively few people who didn’t earn their way. To be blunt, if you didn’t work, you seldom ate. Those who couldn’t work (the disabled, the elderly, etc.) were cared for by family members or charitable institutions.

Sorry I have not watched her and do not know if she may be talking about a temporary problem or a protracted issue say from an EMT.

CONSEQUENCES OF POWER FAILURE,

TEMPORAY. Not much. A dirty house and dirty people. But, most people will do fine. This is a loss of 10 or fewer days. As the circumstance goes on, then there are big problems.

Protracted grid failure = Mass death
Hospitalized on life support
Premature babies
People in need of immediate surgery
Some elderly, depending on their need for medications
Inner-city dwellers
Stupid people (not intending to be unkind)
Then the spread of disease from unsanitary conditions. Dysentery, Typhus, TB, Cholera, Measles, and a host of others
Starvation would claim billions in the US alone
People would freeze to death or die from the heat
Very young babies
Elderly, those that were healthy after the initial culling
Infections would claim anyone with depressed i****e s****m (which is the vast majority of Americans)

What would be lost
Ability to make chemicals used in medicine and equipment
T***sportation, including private cars
Toilets that flush
Refrigeration
Heating and cooling
Grocery stores
Fresh water
Petrol, both oil and gas
Communications
Large farms

Both of the above lists are incomplete. These are just the first things that came to mind.

Life would become a bitter, brutal struggle for survival. We would not and cannot just go retro and go back to the 1800s. Society thrived in the 1800s for four very simple reasons: 1) a non-electric infrastructure already existed; 2) people had the sk**ls, knowledge and tools to make do; 3) our population levels were far lower, and most people lived rural and raised a significant portion of their own food; and 4) there were relatively few people who didn’t earn their way. To be blunt, if you didn’t work, you seldom ate. Those who couldn’t work (the disabled, the elderly, etc.) were cared for by family members or charitable institutions.

JOKE:

A vacationing penguin is driving his car through Arizona when he notices that the oil pressure light is on. He gets out to look and sees oil dripping out of the motor. He drives to the nearest town and stops at the first gas station.

After dropping the car off, the penguin goes for a walk around town. He sees an ice-cream shop and, being a penguin in Arizona, decides that something cold would really hit the spot.

He gets a big dish of ice cream and sits down to eat. Having no hands he makes a real mess trying to eat with his flippers.

After finishing his ice cream, he goes back to the gas station and asks the mechanic if he's found the problem. The mechanic looks up and says "It looks like you blew a seal."

"No no," the penguin replies, "it's just ice cream."

Where are you been hiding she will be the next president and democrats will probably take the Senate in 2016 and the house in 2020

You ask how can be? Because all these personally attacks won't work. She is talking about the future of America while all the republican have is let's attack Hillary and Boll even going as far as bringing Bill and Monica.

They have no plan less see repeal the ACA, put US troops on the ground to fight ISIS, under the negotiations with Iran so they can continue to develop their nuclear weapons and of course more tax breaks for the weathly

Not one idea to help the middle class

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