So...if an EMP can take out the grid, and fry the coil and condenser in a pre-1980s vintage car, what makes one think that an ST-___ generator would survive?
Reading that brought back memories of listening to a late night shortwave broadcast originating in, of all places, St. George, Utah. A woman was calmly delivering a lesson on WTSHTF, black helicopters, food caches, etc., and explaining that when the UN troops come to get you, that your only hope is to have a good rifle that can score a head shot; a .223 is to be preferred. Don't aim for the helmet because they're Kevlar lined; aim for the face. That scored about a 6.7 on my weirdness meter.
One thing I must agree with is that when/if that happens the last thing any of us will be concerned about is whether we have enough generating capacity to keep the ice cream in the freezer hard.
Quinn