It turns out that the man who will save the world is a dairy farmer from upstate New York. From The New York Times: The EMP Threat has been a bogeyman for the do-your-own-research techno-right for so long that it dates back to when Newt Gingrich was considered a political visionary. As the NYT points out, it remains a primary vehicle for bogged-booggedy by an interesting roster of the Republican Undead—not only Gingrich but also national-security fanatics like Frank Gaffney.
To the surprise of absolutely nobody, they have found a whole new audience in the officials of the Anti-Science administration. And, as the piece points out, this connection contributed to the vaporous casus belli for our current adventure in the Persian Gulf, even though the overwhelming scientific consensus was that, whatever Iran was building, it wasn't going to be powerful enough to fry the entire electric grid and end civilization as we know it,. They'd have been better off listening to the cows.
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