Posted on 07/25/2023 5:39:09 AM PDT by MtnClimber
The old joke in which one fellow asks what the socialists used for lighting before candles and the other fellow answers “electricity” could use some updating. Substitute “socialists” for “U.S. Democrats.” But it won’t be just the Democrats using candles, it’s going to be all of us.
When the power goes out, most of us just have to wait until it’s restored to get back to our normal lives. In the meantime, as we wander through a dark house flipping useless switches out of habit, we make sure we don’t open the refrigerator and we put off anything we had planned that requires us to burn electricity. The more-prepared among us, though, buy fossil-fuel-powered generators to avoid interruptions
Their future, though, is in doubt. The Biden administration wants those generators to go the way of the incandescent light bulb.
“Just months after a Biden-appointed regulator teased a ban on gas stoves, the administration is working to enact a rule that would prohibit the manufacturing of nearly all portable gas generators on the U.S. market,” the Washington Free Beacon reported earlier this week.
This proposed rule would limit the amount of carbon monoxide a product can release, establishing a benchmark beyond the reach of all but a few current generators. The Free Beacon says the Consumer Product Safety Commission admits “that 95% of portable gas generators on the market cannot comply with its new standard.”
Should the rule become “law,” industry officials expect a shortage of generators will follow, as manufacturers would have only have six months to develop a compliant design. Under normal conditions, that would take years, according to the Portable Generator Manufacturers’ Association.
While some homeowners use standby generators, which have more permanence about them, to provide power when the lights go out, portables are used as well, with “far more people” choosing them because of price. What the cost-conscious consumers didn’t know when they made their purchases is that one day they would be punished for their choice. But those who have standby generators shouldn’t feel too smug. The Democrats will eventually come after those, too.
Too late we already bought a dual fuel generator that will either run our entire 38 ft RV or the essentials in our house.
I say - shut down ALL power in Washington DC every other week.
THAT should conserve enough to save the planet..
I know, I know… they’ll just retreat to their mansions on Martha’s Vineyard and other high end spots… but still..
We have one now here in Butte County. PGE says its climate related when my wife called them around 7 am. The propane generator is keeping the fridge going and the internet going...BTW no estimate on when it will come back on....figures. Now I gotta go down to the barn and get the freezer down there on back up power too! Of course the well is down—but I put a hand pump on it some 30 years ago pump the ater to the accumulator tank...have the water pressurized to go up hill to the house and now flush the turds away....Wish all life were that simple.
Propane refills after a hurricane can takes weeks. Also, propane has far less energy and costs more than diesel. We also have a diesel truck and Jeep, and can acquire and fill diesel with no problems because we live in a marine area where diesel is plentiful.
Also, diesels can run at 1800 rpm and not 3600 rpm like a propane generator. That means it is quieter and the engine lasts much longer.
I can get a diesel generator with a double-wall 100 gallon tank built in and hand fill it if necessary. Propane means I am dependent on a supply company like Ferrell which sucks as a company. I had to use them for the stove propane 110-gallon tank and that was damned expensive and took months to get.
when I lived in Calaveras county, I had the same set up plus a small battery back up with inverter/charger for lights. Now I live in Northern Idaho and have the generator backup with transfer switch and a separate inverter/charger/solar system for my freezers. Diesel works better for me in the cold winters here and my tractors are diesel too.
First they came for your shower head; but that wasn't enough, so they gave you economical and cold showers..
Then they came for your flush toilet; even multiple flushes wasn't enough ..
Then they came for your lawn mower; enough to save the planet from noxious fumes and carbon; even then that wasn't enough..
Then they came for your insulated windows and controlled your lightbulbs; but that wasn't enough; they wanted less natural light, and light that you had to pay for.
Then they came for your oven and stove, after all, it released small particulate matter that might create asthma
Then they came after your gasoline generator and natural gas, which is a winter time life savior from freezing in asub-zero climate
All I can say is "get the HEII outta my house !"
My home is a cold freeking castle, which is directed and controlled by all the middle managers of the various ABC agencies, and are NOT WANTED !!
(From the article): " When the power goes out, most of us just have to wait until it’s restored to get back to our normal lives.
In the meantime, as we wander through a dark house flipping useless switches out of habit,
we make sure we don’t open the refrigerator and we put off anything we had planned that requires us to burn electricity.
The more-prepared among us, though, buy fossil-fuel-powered generators to avoid interruptions"
"Their future, though, is in doubt. The Biden administration wants those generators to go the way of the incandescent light bulb."
“Just months after a Biden-appointed regulator teased a ban on gas stoves, the administration is working to enact a rule
that would prohibit the manufacturing of nearly all portable gas generators on the U.S. market,”
the Washington Free Beacon reported earlier this week."
"This proposed rule would limit the amount of carbon monoxide a product can release, establishing a benchmark beyond the reach of all but a few current generators.
The Free Beacon says the Consumer Product Safety Commission admits “that 95% of portable gas generators on the market cannot comply with its new standard.”
Yeah, but the network includes the pole transformers.
“How will I cook my bugs?”
Like a Caveman with a magnifying glass. But you’ll only eat bugs on sunny days - and YOU’LL LIKE IT! ;)
“...until the utility deems you deserve to be reconnected.”
We’re at the end of a dead-end road, and the end of the electrical power, so we’re the LAST ones they fix in an outage, anyway.
More than enough reason for our own generator. ;)
P.S. Let’s Go, Brandon!
People
You can get them at Sam Druckers store in hooterville
Sounds like diesel is the way for you to go. Thank you for that information. I’d probably do
The same in your position. We evidently have a different situation here in our rural community in the mountains. We have been here 10 years and have not had those kind of issues with our propane services. I do like the lower rpm advantages though. Our Generac is not very loud compared to other generators. Thanks again for the feedback.
I got a 21 kw diesel Isuzu 4 cyl 1800 rpm from Valdosta GA
About $11000 delivered
PDG was the outfit
How will I cook my bugs?
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You shall have no need to cook the new meat replacement.
Immortalizing Cells for Human Consumption
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8584139/
No worries! USDA already approved Bill’s company’s product for you!
https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Food/fda-approves-1st-cell-cultivated-meat-upside-foods/story?id=100278334
No mention if it glows in the dark or not...:-( .
I would go with doing my own, as I am a EE, but I am not a licensed electrical contractor, so working with the utility company to turn off and inject the switch isn’t an option, so if someone else has to do that part, might as well get them to do the whole job, and I really don’t have the time for it anyway. If I were off-grid, then I would easily get an Isuzu. Great machines.
On the barbie with much sauce (beer)
Exactly How does that work..?
What zipcode are you in ?
Here we are ag zoned, so many exemptions from stuff when agriculture property is involved.
Aren’t homeowners allowed to do their own work ?
Get them to pull the meter. I’ve pulled mine myself, but most states have written laws that allow utilities TO FINE YOU cause you are suspected of stealing electric. Broken world we live in.
An EE is more qualified than most electricians. I have/had the FCC radiotelephone license back in the 80s.
“Aren’t homeowners allowed to do their own work ?”
Not when it comes to public utilities. They have to turn off the juice and remove the cables. I do lots of other work, like running cables for the workshop and redoing the entire outdoor electrical systems for the pool and sewer pump and all that rot.
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