Posted on 04/28/2021 7:42:21 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
Tesla Powerwall energy storage devices are electricity’s gas cans. They are “gas cans” that can be refilled from giant thermonuclear reactor in the sky.
So can you take it with you?
“Yes you do have gas. Gas can be stored in gas cans. People fill in and put gas cans in the trunk or back of the pickup. Where to you put your emergency electricity?
You could use a generator if fossil fuel wasn’t outlawed. 😂”
I think you may have misread my post. I said you can’t GET gas. Are you in hurricane country? Have you seen what happens with gas after a hurricane? When the power is out at your house, it’s out everywhere else, too. You can’t pump gas with no electricity. Then there’s a domino affect; any gas stations within driving distance of the outage run out very, very, quickly. You get in line and hope the gas doesn’t run out before you get to the pump. I’m talking about gas for a generator. I was without electricity for two weeks after Katrina. My generator uses 5 gallons of gas a day. Personally, I can’t store 70 gallons of gasoline.
Disregard my last comment. Upon I review I find that I’m the one misreading comments. Thanks.
Lots of people like me store 20, 30, 40+ gallons etc. No power, no problem, I drive, you don't.☺ Add a few ounces of fuel stabilizer and it's good for a year!
“Lots of people like me store 20, 30, 40+ gallons etc. No power, no problem, I drive, you don’t.☺ Add a few ounces of fuel stabilizer and it’s good for a year!”
Like I said in an earlier post, during the two week power outage after Katrina I used close to a 100 gallons of gas between my truck and generator. Yes, I had gas, but not that much. I’m just not comfortable from a safety stand point storing that much gasoline on a regular basis. My new generator is dual fuel so that makes things a little better.
25 gallons I could ration for easy 2+ months.
They say you are a dreamer, but you are not the only one.
Someday you will wake up and realize that electric vehicles will NEVER be a big deal. Hybrids where a small motor charges the vehicle, yes. Completely electric is a stupid dream. There just isn’t enough energy capability in batteries.
That five gallon can of gas is not going to get you very far when you are driving you 9 mpg pickup truck.
Why would you think I would only have a 5gallon can?
“25 gallons I could ration for easy 2+ months.”
If that’s during a 2 week power outage running your generator 12 hours a day and driving a truck back and forth to work 6 days a week that’s pretty impressive.
Even more impressive is I have a generator but would use it little. For light and cooking we have other means. The food in the fridge is a write off. Canned and dry foods last for years.
I just don’t operate like you I guess. Are you in hurricane country? I’ve got to have my air conditioning at night; it normally gets very hot after a hurricane, with last year being a major exception to that rule. Right before Katrina I had bought a quarter of a cow. There was no way I was writing off a couple hundred pounds of beef. For a relatively short term outage I’m not breaking out the long term stores (which I do have for end of the world as we know it situations). I do use propane for cooking, either on the grill or on the camp stove.
Electric vehicles are not cost efficient hydrogen fueled cars will out sell them they will not be enough charging stations for long drives.
Check out the cost of battery replacement alone.
LOL...Not in hurricane country by design. Look, if there is an event, a disaster, a massive power outage etc, I won't be concerned with A/C, my toaster or hairdryers etc. I can get by fine without all that until power is restored. And having a gas powered vehicle, I can still drive using stored fuel!
Okay...here’s the disconnect between us; you’re talking plans and theory and I’m talking real life experience. I know that in a hurricane, which is my most immediate concern, I can probably get fuel but it may be difficult. In the EOTWAWKI, no stored fuel is going to last very long.
That’s very commendable. But my whole point here was I can store 30 gallons or so of gas, and ration it for 2+ months and still drive, while EV people will be left holding an empty bag.
https://www.businessinsider.com/electric-car-owners-switching-gas-charging-a-hassle-study-2021-4
Just dropped this nugget today.
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