He says an extreme solar storm could fire a catastrophic electromagnetic pulse at Earth, crash the power grid, and thereby trigger anarchy.

他说一场太阳风暴可以引发地球灾难性的电磁脉冲，可以摧毁电网，导致社会混乱。

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And as recently as February of this year, what appeared to be grid-like lines that resembled city streets were spotted on Google Earth - in the ocean off the coast of Africa.

就在最近今年2月，有人在Google地球上位于非洲海岸的大洋中发现了类似城市街道的网格状线。

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The power would be converted to electricity on-board the spacecraft and sent to wherever it is needed on Earth by a large microwave-transmitting antenna or by lasers, then fed into a power grid.

太阳能将被转化为航天器内部的电力，并通过微波发射天线或激光输送入电力网，然后再供给地球上任何需要电力的地区。

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The Earth System Grid is part of another American academic initiative.

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Mr Wladawsky-Berger's hospital would similarly crunch patient-data using the internet, or grid, as if it were a single, giant virtual microprocessor, but for a more earth-bound purpose.

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