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NutmegYankee

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27. It's more of a myth that cars would be disabled.

Reply to multigraincracker (Reply #14)

Thu Feb 17, 2022, 06:36 AM

Feb 2022

Even testing simulating a high altitude nuclear blast found most cars would remain operable. The conductor lengths are just too short to generate high damaging voltages.

The electric grid and anything plugged into it on the other hand…

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