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> This is the same as a hypothetical EMP (blackouts without structural damage)

This is NOT the same as a hypothetical EMP.

An EMP could potentially fry everything from small electronic devices (like those which control the flows in oil and gas pipelines and in chemical plants, and the circuit breakers meant to protect the grid from power surges) to the about 2500 large power transformers at the core of the US grid, which would take years to replace even under ideal conditions.

https://worldif.economist.com/article/13526/electromagnetic-...