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The computer chips in cars are insulated, obviously, to keep the internal electrical system from burning them out. The basics for a Faraday cage are external metal frame, insulated from the ground and items to be protected insulated from the frame. The car frame performs the same function and four rubber tires insulate the car from the ground.
Most tactical military vehicles, aircraft, tactical generators, missiles, ICBMs, tactical computers and commo gear was shielded from EMP years ago.
Grain alcohol and wood gas will work on the older low compression engines, US resistance forces used grain alcohol from coconuts in the Philippines during Japanese occupation. French and others used wood gas during the same period.
Unions have and are losing membership steadily. A few will survive if they insist on educating members to new, and higher level skills. Otherwise, they go the way of medieval guilds.
As to the Teamsters Union pension fund, their assets book value are about 60 percent of needed revenue. And, the book value is overstated. There is a separate pension fund for leadership.