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On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 10:16:13 -0700 (PDT), Fiesta Cranberry wrote: >>If an EMP goes off above us, and we >>actually have the chance to be concerned >>about our old cars, then we have a >>serious problem with priority assignment > >Ahhh, but you're wrong! In the book, they hit the whole country with >massive EMP's, and then blow up certain select targets (cities, missile >silos) with regular atom bombs. Some parts of the country are >relatively unaffected at first, but then get hit with fallout. So some >people had time to run, IF their cars were working :^) > >The book says that the EMP permanently fries electronic circuits, >computer chips, etc. > >Apocalyptic fiction is my favorite genre :^) Confession here. I started thinking about the same thing after watching a Road Warrior rerun on TV (Why did they dub out the Australian accents!? morons). Contemporary cars don't have a chance. IC's can't handle that much current. Discrete transistors are a lot biger so they can handle a lot more. I don't know how much more. You'd have to know how much current is induced by an EMP which I don't. Mark Healey 71 FI auto square 71 FI manual square marksvw@healeyonline.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org