Which survives an EMP though
You got me.
Hangs head in shame...
Both, potentially. There is a common misconception of what an EMP blast is capable of. They are measured in the amount of free electrons per sq/meter. Think how much energy it takes to fry something, and then imagine there has to be that amount of energy per squared space of said thing, and that energy has to exists in all space around it at the same density. enough electrons in the air to fry small components, and to my understanding, you're likely dead. The equipment that gets fried is anything plugged into an outlet or directly connected to a large object of conducting material. The massive amount of surface area available, and conducting properties allow for all that energy to blast anything connected too it. Phones, two way radios, pacemakers will continue to work.
I'm not very adept at car mechanics, so I don't know how well insulated those systems are, but they could potentially survive an EMP. If it's a lot of conductive metal attached too the system, than it might be fucked.
Or I am wrong and just talking out of my ass.
The entire body is the ground wire. If you have a ground strap dragging on the actual ground like many cars do in stormy areas prone to lightning you might be OK. The body is an imperfect faraday cage.
I would assumed shoes in general would interrupt that ground. Or, at least some shoes/boots would.
I agree. EMPs could definitely induce lots of power in power lines, since those are very long. But I'm skeptical about it frying everything in the country.
Does the gasoline refinement equipment survive as well?
my 6.5 diesel is fuel injected, and uses a mechanical rotating pump to time and feed the infectors. - there are zero electronics involved in the fuel system, and it has 314k miles on the clock. would survive.
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