Originally Posted By: Sky-Guy
Originally Posted By: freespool
If we get the big one, 9+ on the richter scale, all forms of energy will be in short supply

Agreed. To mitigate that issue I keep about 18 gallons in hand and can use the 30 gallons in the arima if needed. At my burn rate that would get me through 4-5 straight days of run time.


Ok wait, you're talking about a SHTF scenario--

A real SHTF scenario, FUGGITABOUTIT! Your run outta gas in a few days anyway.

If you really wanna prep for an extended --like forever--outage, you need self-sufficiency provided by either solar, wind or private hydro, which is damn near impossible without major investment in private infrastructure and ownership of huge tracts of...land. It's be swell if we were all plantation owners with self-operating farms with slaves, stills and mills, but really, even SHTF, the Cap'n himself Dogfish would be fuct after a month or four off the grid. Once the gas goes, Gens are just big anchors.