A pretty good rule of thumb is that if the US federal government says something is a threat – or rather, if they admit something is a threat – it is likely a much more dire situation than said government wants to concede.
That said, the federal government – multiple agencies including our military – have ceded that one major threat to life as we know it is an Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP.)
Whether by intent (terrorism, nuclear detonation) or happenstance (EMP damage from something like a comet or meteorite,) an EMP event would alter our lives as we know it.
In such an event, one major challenge will be transportation. Most of our vehicles now are so reliant on electrical components and computers that if an EMP rendered them useless, they would be little more than hunks of plastic, metal and rubber.
To learn what to look for in a vehicle to ensure it is as EMP proof as possible, check out the next page.
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If an emp goes off every car on the road is disabled and your not getting around that with your “emp safe” vehicle
Wow, pretty special.
“The question of EMP damage to automobiles is so complex that it cannot be answered definitely for the reasons discussed below.” http://www.futurescience.com/emp/vehicles.html
Any vehicle with a lot of fancy technology in it goes shitfaced
I’d be driving an older model vehicle, like from the 60s
I guess I don’t understand how EMP works.
I guess I don’t understand how EMP works.
An EMP simply kills each and every piece of technology in an area. Cars, lights, tvs, pacemakers, etc.
Got most of those, except the fuel capacity. 16 gallons does not go far.
Kent
True, no such thing
If it uses electricity, it could get damaged. Depends if it’s shielded or not.
If it uses electricity, it could get damaged. Modern vehicles are all controlled with a lot of electronics, so they more than likely wouldn’t run. Not necessarily, but very likely.
Mmmmm 1978 Dodge Ram……..
Unless you have an old$#%&!@*crank engine or a Faraday Cage built around your truck, it’s fucked with an EMP
You could have it stored inside a Faraday Cage. Other than that, it’s fucked
My point is all other cars not in a whatever cage will be blocking your path
It closes all circuits with every other circuit at the same time and fries everything
How strong of a magnetic pulse does it take to disrupt the flow of electrons in a circuit? Seems like that kind of pulse would do other kinds of damage too.
Except the fact that there has never been a large scale emp to prove definitively what would happen to vehicles that have metal bodies.
Conor Callahan
The effects of EMP vary according to several variables. There were EMP related incidents in the 1950s during the time period of nuclear bomb testing, ways the EMP skips through the ionosphere and can cause damage hundreds of miles away, but depending on atmospheric and magnetic conditions, vehicles as close as 25 miles were not affected. In many cases, the effect is entirely temporary. It causes a disruption in the vehicle ignition system, you restart the vehicle, and you drive on. Vehicles which were in areas shaded by large granite formations may be unaffected, as may be vehicles which were being serviced at the time of the EMP and had the ignition computers disconnected from batteries or external wiring.
The article is pure speculative clickbait, with very little substantive information and the guy does not show the nuts and bolts of an actual EMP resistant vehicle. I seriously doubt he even has put any effort into an EMP resistant vehicle that he actually has or plans to use.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3WrXthPEAg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlQLG16OqiI
The car, with all its structural metal parts, is basically a faraday cage anyway. What you have in the article and the comments is fear mongering.
Well you have that at least. For those who are interested in reading about the testing the link is there. Bye bye!