Wouldn’t the grid just come back online momentarily after some sort of disruption? What’s the actual mechanism that disrupts the flow of electricity?
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The problem is that it blows out components of the grid.
An EMP induces really large voltages on anything that looks like a large antenna…like a powerline. If you run 1000V through a component that’s only good for 120V you’ll overload it…components will overheat and burnout. Transformers may explode (the filling boils into gas). When the EMP passes that stuff stays burned out.
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