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EMP Effects on Vehicles
by Jerry Emanuelson, B.S.E.E.
Futurescience, LLC
One of the most common questions about electromagnetic pulse is about the effects of EMP on vehicles. I have resisted writing much about this in the past because so little is known about it given the wide variety of motor vehicles in use today.
First, however, because it is a point of so much confusion, it is important to point out that there is no known mechanism by which a solar storm would destroy an automobile, except for making fuel unavailable due to loss of the power grid. Even the most massive solar storms are not known to contain the fast E1 component, which is the part of a nuclear EMP that can destroy items that are not connected to extremely long lines.
The question of EMP damage to automobiles is so complex that it cannot be answered definitely for the reasons discussed below.
The one thing that does have a broad level of agreement among those who have studied the matter is that obtaining fuel after any kind of electromagnetic disaster would be a matter of extreme difficulty. Any particular vehicle may or may not run, until it runs out of fuel; then it will not run any longer until the fuel production and distribution system can be re-started.
The rest of the story...
EMP Effects on Vehicles - Futurescience.com
EMP Effects on Vehicles
by Jerry Emanuelson, B.S.E.E.
Futurescience, LLC
One of the most common questions about electromagnetic pulse is about the effects of EMP on vehicles. I have resisted writing much about this in the past because so little is known about it given the wide variety of motor vehicles in use today.
First, however, because it is a point of so much confusion, it is important to point out that there is no known mechanism by which a solar storm would destroy an automobile, except for making fuel unavailable due to loss of the power grid. Even the most massive solar storms are not known to contain the fast E1 component, which is the part of a nuclear EMP that can destroy items that are not connected to extremely long lines.
The question of EMP damage to automobiles is so complex that it cannot be answered definitely for the reasons discussed below.
The one thing that does have a broad level of agreement among those who have studied the matter is that obtaining fuel after any kind of electromagnetic disaster would be a matter of extreme difficulty. Any particular vehicle may or may not run, until it runs out of fuel; then it will not run any longer until the fuel production and distribution system can be re-started.
The rest of the story...
EMP Effects on Vehicles - Futurescience.com
