After the widespread Google outage, “the chairman of the national preparedness commission said it was a “reminder that systems can fail, whether because of an outage, or indeed, an attack from a hostile state”. He said: “Whatever the cause on this occasion, it is important that retailers continue to accept cash – not all of them do – and it makes sense for all of us to carry a certain amount of cash” We need legislation to ensure businesses are required to accept cash, as too many have stopped.