I think we speak of different solenoids in the car? I was unaware that there were any, but a quick web search reveals quite a few, of sufficently small size. I agree in principal that any application which would require a solenoid in a car which broke down would be enough to disable the car. This is the solenoid of which I speak and because they were discussing it durring the film while discussing replacing the starter motor, I assumed that was the one of which he spoke. From my link: My initial assessment was based on the fact that the solenoid in the starter assembly is designed to pass much more current that the largest EMP that I can imagine would generate. I know for a fact that this particular solenoid would keep a car from starting if it didn't work. I just believed that an EMP strong enough to kill the solenoid in the starter assembly would render useless just about every other electronic component in the car.
https://www.studyfinds.org/viruses-bacteria-fall-from-sky/ VANCOUVER — This study will make you think twice about stepping outside for a breath of fresh air. A team of scientists from around the world confirmed millions of viruses rising into the atmosphere, traveling — sometimes for thousands of miles — and falling back down to the surface. The study, carried out by researchers from the U.S., Canada, and Spain, is the first of its kind to confirm viruses are being swept up into the free toposphere — the layer of atmosphere between the area where Earth’s weather systems develop — and below the stratosphere, where airplanes fly. “Fresh air” may not be so fresh after all. A new study finds that millions of viruses and bacteria are swept into the atmosphere and travel long distances before eventually falling back down to earth. The numbers are “astonishing” the researchers say, but remember, a virus is a tiny particle, little more than a strand of DNA and a mechanism for attaching to organic matter. “Every day, more than 800 million viruses are deposited per square metre above the planetary boundary layer — that’s 25 viruses for each person in Canada,” says University of British Columbia virologist Curtis Suttle, lead author of the study, in a media release. Scientists have been finding genetically similar viruses in disparate parts of the planet. “Roughly 20 years ago we began finding genetically similar viruses occurring in very different environments around the globe,” says Suttle. “This preponderance of long-residence viruses travelling the atmosphere likely explains why—it’s quite conceivable to have a virus swept up into the atmosphere on one continent and deposited on another.” Suttle and his team found that viruses and bacteria are often swept up into the atmosphere by attaching themselves to particles in soil dust and sea spray. The researchers used platforms in Spain’s Sierra Nevada Mountains to detect how many viruses and bacteria were settling there every day. They found billions of viruses and tens of millions of bacteria being deposited there per square meter every day. “Bacteria and viruses are typically deposited back to Earth via rain events and Saharan dust intrusions. However, the rain was less efficient removing viruses from the atmosphere,” adds study authorIsabel Reche, a microbial ecologist from the University of Granada. The full study was published in International Society for Microbial Ecology Journal.
