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Diesel doesn't go bad, it can be stored for long periods of time. It's much cheaper to run a diesel generator than propane since diesel is much more energy dens
by driverdan 8y ago
Diesel doesn't go bad, it can be stored for long periods of time. It's much cheaper to run a diesel generator than propane since diesel is much more energy dense but costs about the same.
- mirimir 8y agoHow long? For people with decent electrical service, you need the genset for at most several hours, maybe once or twice a year. Your UPS should handle ~30 minutes, which is enough for most interruptions. So your fuel supply needs to be stable on the order of decades. Is diesel stable on that scale? And sure, propane can leak. So you need to check every few months.