Doomsday and Our Bronco's

rydog1130 said:

Just a hypothetical question here but it crossed my mind that if there ever was a bomb that emitted an EMP would it render our stock broncos useless?

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Rustytruck said:

Doomsday is coming 2025 when they phase in all electric vehicles in enable for the gooberment to force sales they will have to get rid of gasoline. this renders Broncos useless. this is more likely than an emp burst.

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73azbronco said:

Gonna have to sort of disagree with you Digger. Yes, your stuff will most likely survive, but an EMP ionizes the molecules so a faraday cage or wrapping of tinfoil won't help, as it's radiation really that ionizes the touchy stuff, and fries it. Faraday cage protects against electrical interference, like a lightening strike, or stops cell phones from working, like tinfoil bags.

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We tested a sample of 37 cars in an EMP simulation laboratory, with automobile vintages ranging from 1986 through 2002. Automobiles of these vintages include extensive electronics and represent a significant fraction of automobiles on the road today. The testing was conducted by exposing running and nonrunning automobiles to sequentially increasing EMP field intensities. If anomalous response (either temporary or permanent) was observed, the testing of that particular automobile was stopped. If no anomalous response was observed, the testing was continued up to the field intensity limits of the simulation capability (approximately 50 kV/m).

Automobiles were subjected to EMP environments under both engine turned off and engine turned on conditions. No effects were subsequently observed in those automobiles that were not turned on during EMP exposure. The most serious effect observed on running automobiles was that the motors in three cars stopped at field strengths of approximately 30 kV/m or above. In an actual EMP exposure, these vehicles would glide to a stop and require the driver to restart them. Electronics in the dashboard of one automobile were damaged and required repair. Other effects were relatively minor. Twenty-five automobiles exhibited malfunctions that could be considered only a nuisance (e.g.,blinking dashboard lights) and did not require driver intervention to correct. Eight of the 37 cars tested did not exhibit any anomalous response. Based on these test results, we expect few automobile effects at EMP field levels below 25 kV/m. Approximately 10 percent or more of the automobiles exposed to higher field levels may experience serious EMP effects, including engine stall, that require driver intervention to correct. We further expect that at least two out of three automobiles on the road will manifest some nuisance response at these higher field levels. The serious malfunctions could trigger car crashes on U.S. highways; the nuisance malfunctions could exacerbate this condition. The ultimate result of automobile EMP exposure could be triggered crashes that damage many more vehicles than are damaged by the EMP, the consequent loss of life, and multiple injuries.

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