Originally Posted by hooziewhatsit
Originally Posted by Satilite73
Originally Posted by Stanton
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Speaking of electric cars........IF we were driving electric cars and this situation happened, how would you get anywhere? What if you had an emergency and you HAD to get out? "Suck it up, the battery's dead"


Well what would happen if the power was out and your car's out of gas ?!?! Gas or electric - if you let go to "E" you're screwed either way!


I may be the minority, but, when I know bad weather is coming, I top off the tanks. I might even fill up an extra 5 gallon can or two. How do you prepare ahead with an electric car? Hand cranked generator?


Same way. Tell it to charge to top itself off. They can also be charged from a generator, if you have the right cables, usually getting the equivalent of 20-30mpg.

Gas stations have trouble pumping gas without power too work

Or, if you have solar panels and the correct set up, just plug in to that and wait. Want to be a strong independent household and not depend on the grid? Go off grid laugh2



No thanks on the offgrid, going to be near -30 tonight, windmills are frozen, maybe 2 hours of sun. I have to laugh, I have some California folks staying with me right now......their offgrid [censored] went right out the window with 4 days of never getting above zero. They have a new outlook, we keep the house at 59, they are really happy.