Interesting tidbit about Radio Telescope & Solar Flares

http://www.gizmag.com/mwa-radio-telescope-solar-flares/25300/

Might wonder why I am blogging this here, since this is directly related to gaming.

Reason is that it is connected to Cyber Security, though loosely, power grid and communications are very vulnerable to Solar Flares and Solar Storms.

This project will help with some threats, but it can't really do anything to protect power grid from massive Solar Flare.

IMHO the overall security of the Power Grid, Communications, and Internet should consider all hazards or threats.

While striving for integrated solutions.

See these links for more on massive Solar Flares and damage they can do:

• NASA "A Super Solar Flare" http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2008/06may_carringtonflare/
• Solar Storm of 1859 (AKA Carrington Flare) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_storm_of_1859

Nerd Environmental News: UK Power shortage risks by 2015, Ofgem warns

From http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19842401

Detailed report (PDF) here http://www.ofgem.gov.uk/Markets/WhlMkts/monitoring-energy-security/elec-capacity-assessment/Documents1/Electricity%20Capacity%20Assessment%202012.pdf

I think Gamers, well everyone really, should think about environmental issues, because it impacts not only us, but everyone else.

Not only in simple ways like making power to run our electronics more expensive, or having to deal with rolling blackouts or other more extreme measures.

But also because the interconnectedness of the world, lot of the countries that manufacture HDD, SSD, & other computer components will be hit hard, earlier than UK, or many of EU countries, or US.