On Wed, 9 May 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>Apparently some are commerciallized, e.g., see http://www.jaycor.com
>for the latest in social control technology.
>
>Looks like there could be a black market for after-market Kettering ignition
>systems (the old type with coil and condenser), which may be more EMP resistant.
It requires occasional attention to keep one of those in suffiently
good tune that it will pass California Emissions. If they get a tiny
bit out of peak tune, they are also expensive in terms of gasoline
and wear on the motor.
However, we are seeing more and more alternatives to gasoline engines
in cars here in california. I'm reasonably sure that the deisel
motors are highly HERF resistant, and I think the new electric cars
and hybrid-electric vehicles are as well. I'd be more inclined to
treat is as a "choice of vehicle" issue than an "aftermarket gizmo"
issue.
I dunno.... If they're trying to use a HERF weapon on your car, then
they obviously already know who you are. I think that this makes
the problem of keeping information about your identity out of the
hands of potential agressors more important, rather than more shielding
for your vehicle.
Still and all, if automakers don't start coming up with ways to be
immune to this stuff, it won't be more than a year or so before
its use becomes more widespread among criminal elements. Pulling
up behind someone in a HERF-equipped van and killing their motor
sounds like the sort of thing that precedes a kidnapping, robbery,
or rape to me much more than it sounds like something that precedes
an arrest.
On the other paw, shielding for electronics is lighter than a power
source for the electronics, and tesla demonstrated how to broadcast
power using microwaves. It could easily be that something percieved
as a HERF weapon was actually a power source for some robotics
project.
Bear
