[The Duke]

Some of us can build a generator without relying on store-bought stuff.

Some of us have lived as mountain men for years at a time, at a mid-1800s level of technology.

With all due respect - and stipulating that you can, in fact, build a generator - you're still going to need fuel to power that generator. Have you built a petroleum-processing plant?

And you're going to need roads not traffic'ed by bandits to get that fuel transported to you

Heck, even the 1800's mountain men carried guns that were not homemade, and I suspect that they didn't make their own gunpowder.

I'm not saying that you personally can't survive a new Carrington Event ... I'm just saying that you're going to be stepping over a *whole* lot of bodies (probably my own body included!)

[JRandomFreeper]

One of the generators I built was powered by a bicycle out of the junk pile. It's enough for my needs.

I have lived the mountain man thing winter and summer, and know what it takes.

You might be surprised at how many folks can get along just fine after they adapt.

/johnny

[roamer_1]

you're still going to need fuel to power that generator. Have you built a petroleum-processing plant?

No, but most any redneck can build a 'corn processing plant' : ) And Redneck Tech has proven itself over and again (and on-going).

Besides, electricity is overrated. It's nice, but not needed.