If the power grid went down, would light pollution disappear?

In 2006, Home Power magazine estimated that over 180,000 people in American were living off the grid. For many families, living this way seemed a healthy and saner option. read more

But the vast majority of Americans are completely unprepared for this disaster: We’re talking about power grid cyber attack. We, as a society, are hooked on electricity. But the vast majority of Americans are completely unprepared for this disaster: We’re talking about power grid cyber attack. read more

Men with concave chests and zero muscle tone can plug into the grid and dazzle the world as, say, mergers-and-acquisitions lawyers. But take away the grid, and their world collapses. The computers shut down. The electronic databases disappear. The wimpy-man jobs go extinct, while real-man jobs become more valuable. read more