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I have no record in electrical engineering; this is a total outsider question which might be grasped absurd. Wikipedia defines EMP as: An electromagnetic pulse (EMP), also sometimes called a tr...
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Can there be a global EMP disaster, whether totally natural or partially natural and partly artificial?
I have no record in electrical engineering; this is a total outsider question which might be grasped absurd. Wikipedia defines [EMP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_pulse) as: > An electromagnetic pulse (EMP), also sometimes called a transient electromagnetic disturbance, is a short burst of electromagnetic energy. Such a pulse's origin may be a natural occurrence or human-made and can occur as a radiated, electric, or magnetic field or a conducted electric current, depending on the source.
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2021-03-09T13:55:52Z (almost 4 years ago)
- I have no record in electrical engineering; this is a total outsider question which might be grasped absurd.
- Wikipedia defines [EMP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_pulse) as:
> An electromagnetic pulse (EMP), also sometimes called a transient electromagnetic disturbance, is a short burst of electromagnetic energy. Such a pulse's origin may be a natural occurrence or human-made and can occur as a radiated, electric, or magnetic field or a conducted electric current, depending on the source.There is a growing usage of electrical money (digital money); both as state issued currency (noncrypto) and as algorithm issued currency (crypto) up to the level of opinions about totally abolishing cash money at least in some countries;<br>Some have theorized that this is a problem for example because if there will be some kind of a natural and/or artificial disaster that prevents electricity, no electrical computing, internet and electrical money could be utilized in effected economies anywhere and people would have to exchange goods moneyless until if and when the problem is fixed (in every effected country on its own in case of a planetary disaster).<br>I wonder if such a scenario is scientifically feasible, something that ruins the normal electrical capabilities of an inhabited planet (and perhaps even of an inhabited solar system).
- I have no record in electrical engineering; this is a total outsider question which might be grasped absurd.
- Wikipedia defines [EMP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_pulse) as:
- > An electromagnetic pulse (EMP), also sometimes called a transient electromagnetic disturbance, is a short burst of electromagnetic energy. Such a pulse's origin may be a natural occurrence or human-made and can occur as a radiated, electric, or magnetic field or a conducted electric current, depending on the source.
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- I have no record in electrical engineering; this is a total outsider question which might be grasped absurd.
- Wikipedia defines [EMP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_pulse) as:
- > An electromagnetic pulse (EMP), also sometimes called a transient electromagnetic disturbance, is a short burst of electromagnetic energy. Such a pulse's origin may be a natural occurrence or human-made and can occur as a radiated, electric, or magnetic field or a conducted electric current, depending on the source.
There is a growing usage of electrical money (digital money); both as state issued currency (noncrypto) and as algorithm issued currency (crypto) up to the level of totally abolishing cash at least in some countries and some have said that this is a problem because if there will be some kind of a natural and/or artificial disaster that prevents electricity, no money could be utilized in economies and people would have to exchange goods moneyless until the problem is fixed (in every effected country on its own in case of a planetary disaster). I wonder if such a scenario is scientifically feasible, something that ruins the normal electrical capabilities of an inhabited planet (and perhaps even of an inhabited solar system).
- I have no record in electrical engineering; this is a total outsider question which might be grasped absurd.
- Wikipedia defines [EMP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_pulse) as:
- > An electromagnetic pulse (EMP), also sometimes called a transient electromagnetic disturbance, is a short burst of electromagnetic energy. Such a pulse's origin may be a natural occurrence or human-made and can occur as a radiated, electric, or magnetic field or a conducted electric current, depending on the source.
- There is a growing usage of electrical money (digital money); both as state issued currency (noncrypto) and as algorithm issued currency (crypto) up to the level of opinions about totally abolishing cash money at least in some countries;<br>
- Some have theorized that this is a problem for example because if there will be some kind of a natural and/or artificial disaster that prevents electricity, no electrical computing, internet and electrical money could be utilized in effected economies anywhere and people would have to exchange goods moneyless until if and when the problem is fixed (in every effected country on its own in case of a planetary disaster).<br>
- I wonder if such a scenario is scientifically feasible, something that ruins the normal electrical capabilities of an inhabited planet (and perhaps even of an inhabited solar system).
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- I have no record in electrical engineering; this is a total outsider question which might be grasped absurd.
- Wikipedia defines [EMP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_pulse) as:
- > An electromagnetic pulse (EMP), also sometimes called a transient electromagnetic disturbance, is a short burst of electromagnetic energy. Such a pulse's origin may be a natural occurrence or human-made and can occur as a radiated, electric, or magnetic field or a conducted electric current, depending on the source.
There is a growing usage of electrical money (digital money); both as state issued currency (noncrypto) and as algorithm issued currency (crypto) up to the level of totally abolishing cash at least in some countries and some have said that this is a problem because if there will be some kind of a natural and/or artificial disaster that prevents electricity, no money could be utilized in economies and people would have to exchange moneyless.
- I have no record in electrical engineering; this is a total outsider question which might be grasped absurd.
- Wikipedia defines [EMP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_pulse) as:
- > An electromagnetic pulse (EMP), also sometimes called a transient electromagnetic disturbance, is a short burst of electromagnetic energy. Such a pulse's origin may be a natural occurrence or human-made and can occur as a radiated, electric, or magnetic field or a conducted electric current, depending on the source.
- There is a growing usage of electrical money (digital money); both as state issued currency (noncrypto) and as algorithm issued currency (crypto) up to the level of totally abolishing cash at least in some countries and some have said that this is a problem because if there will be some kind of a natural and/or artificial disaster that prevents electricity, no money could be utilized in economies and people would have to exchange goods moneyless until the problem is fixed (in every effected country on its own in case of a planetary disaster). I wonder if such a scenario is scientifically feasible, something that ruins the normal electrical capabilities of an inhabited planet (and perhaps even of an inhabited solar system).
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Can there be a global EMP disaster, whether totally natural or partially natural and partly artificial?
I have no record in electrical engineering; this is a total outsider question which might be grasped absurd. Wikipedia defines [EMP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_pulse) as: > An electromagnetic pulse (EMP), also sometimes called a transient electromagnetic disturbance, is a short burst of electromagnetic energy. Such a pulse's origin may be a natural occurrence or human-made and can occur as a radiated, electric, or magnetic field or a conducted electric current, depending on the source. There is a growing usage of electrical money (digital money); both as state issued currency (noncrypto) and as algorithm issued currency (crypto) up to the level of totally abolishing cash at least in some countries and some have said that this is a problem because if there will be some kind of a natural and/or artificial disaster that prevents electricity, no money could be utilized in economies and people would have to exchange moneyless.