Actually, it’s not so easy to put a couple gallons of gas in your car if all the gas stations have no power either. Especially true if you’re being chased by a wildfire moving at 30+ mph.
PG&E is an absolute disgrace. I don’t know how much of it is the fault of the California regulators (I can’t imagine that state is easy to operate in), but there’s been news story after news story for years about their blackouts, brownouts, bankruptcies, and bad equipment starting wildfires that kill people and destroy billions of dollars in property. What kind of Mickey Mouse BS company is this anyway?
Seems to me California needs to stop bailing them out and let some competition come into their markets. This sole provider having a total monopoly for 30 million people isn’t working out well for anyone.
Yeah, but I can keep a couple of 5 gallon cans of gas around. (And do. 4 exactly.) Not so easy to keep buckets of electricity handy.