“Diesel, gasoline or gas, which is better? In our case, the supply of gasoline and diesel became critical immediately after the storm. Only propane and natural gas were immediately and widely available. But propane burns a lot faster than diesel or gasoline. So you have to make a choice, or come up with a combination of sources. In my case, my plan is to buy a whole house gas generator which I intend to use only overnight, and then have my two little gasoline generators as back up, at least to run the fridges.”
Propane burns faster? Do you mean it doesn’t produce enough energy or does it too quickly? I had no idea. We have a propane-powered whole house generator, and a 500 gal tank. But I don’t want to get complacent and think that’s all we need.
Diesel does store a long time, doesn’t it? We have some of that, for the truck and tractor and mule (a little 4WD thingy). Those vehicles will be a lot more useful than the Prius and mini-Cooper, LOL!
Our 500 gal propane tank lasted 40 hours of continuous use on a 22KW Generac generator. We had to install a second one.