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Depending solely on electricity is a bad idea. In a past weather event that lead to a power loss for nearly two weeks, everyone I knew was thankful to have pipe
by throwawaysea 5y ago
Depending solely on electricity is a bad idea. In a past weather event that lead to a power loss for nearly two weeks, everyone I knew was thankful to have piped natural gas. I am not sure I trust electric cars and fully electric homes to be sufficiently redundant.
- orthoxerox 5y agoI wonder if the gas pipeline with all its pumping stations is completely self-powered or it is dependent on the power grid.
- brodouevencode 5y agoFor residential, a propane powered generator would be helpful.
- SyzygistSix 5y agoOn the other hand, car batteries full of energy would be useful while the grid was being brought back on line.