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Interesting perspective. Another view: solar panels on your roof, using your car battery for your house nighttime needs means that during doomsday your energy i

Interesting perspective. Another view: solar panels on your roof, using your car battery for your house nighttime needs means that during doomsday your energy intensive lifestyle doesn't have to change at all.

noirbot 4y ago
Ah yes, the roof of my building where I'm on a middle floor. I'll start lobbying the board to install solar for just me to use. The problem with a lot of this is that the more "responsible" you're already living, the less reasonable the next "responsible" thing is to do. Going solar/off grid is only really possible if you live on a lot of land where you're the only resident, which is otherwise generally not recommended. If you live in dense housing, you probably don't have solar, let alone a way to charge an EV. I park my current car 100-500 feet from the nearest outlet that I own. There's essentially no world I could buy an EV and not have to charge it for hours outside of my home. The efficient future is here, but it's for the rich who did all the garbage NIMBY stuff that made it necessary for everyone else to have to live "efficiently" to make up for their gluttonous use of land/power over the past decades.
- mechanical_bear 4y ago
  > if you live on a lot of land where you're the only resident, which is otherwise generally not recommended By whom? In my case, I am not the only resident, I have a large family on our acreage.
- lostapathy 4y ago
  To reply to the GP’s point here … if you live in apartment you also aren’t stockpiling Jerry cans of gs, either.
  - katbyte 4y ago
    You sure can keep a couple on your vehicle
    - lostapathy 4y ago
      A couple jerry cans in your vehicle is hardly a "stockpile." And also not a great idea.
      - katbyte 4y ago
        It’s enough to get you 50-100% of your range. And it is a great idea on long trips or off-roading (and can sometimes be required)
sandworm101 4y ago
It is dangerous to assume that everyone lives in a house with a roof, or that they are free to reconfigure thier home's electrical systems. I certainly cannot.
- adgjlsfhk1 4y ago
  Well if you live in an apartment complex, I'm pretty sure storing large amounts of gasoline in your apartment isn't allowed either, so there's not a difference.
  - katbyte 4y ago
    I keep a jerry fan on the back of my truck in the parking garage.
    - adgjlsfhk1 4y ago
      a what?
      - katbyte 4y ago
        Jerry can*
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ZeroGravitas 4y ago
Preppers are apparently really into adding solar panels to the top of golf carts these days.

noirbot 4y ago

Ah yes, the roof of my building where I'm on a middle floor. I'll start lobbying the board to install solar for just me to use. The problem with a lot of this is that the more "responsible" you're already living, the less reasonable the next "responsible" thing is to do. Going solar/off grid is only really possible if you live on a lot of land where you're the only resident, which is otherwise generally not recommended. If you live in dense housing, you probably don't have solar, let alone a way to charge an EV. I park my current car 100-500 feet from the nearest outlet that I own. There's essentially no world I could buy an EV and not have to charge it for hours outside of my home. The efficient future is here, but it's for the rich who did all the garbage NIMBY stuff that made it necessary for everyone else to have to live "efficiently" to make up for their gluttonous use of land/power over the past decades.

mechanical_bear 4y ago
> if you live on a lot of land where you're the only resident, which is otherwise generally not recommended By whom? In my case, I am not the only resident, I have a large family on our acreage.
lostapathy 4y ago
To reply to the GP’s point here … if you live in apartment you also aren’t stockpiling Jerry cans of gs, either.
- katbyte 4y ago
  You sure can keep a couple on your vehicle
  - lostapathy 4y ago
    A couple jerry cans in your vehicle is hardly a "stockpile." And also not a great idea.
    - katbyte 4y ago
      It’s enough to get you 50-100% of your range. And it is a great idea on long trips or off-roading (and can sometimes be required)

sandworm101 4y ago

It is dangerous to assume that everyone lives in a house with a roof, or that they are free to reconfigure thier home's electrical systems. I certainly cannot.

adgjlsfhk1 4y ago
Well if you live in an apartment complex, I'm pretty sure storing large amounts of gasoline in your apartment isn't allowed either, so there's not a difference.
- katbyte 4y ago
  I keep a jerry fan on the back of my truck in the parking garage.
  - adgjlsfhk1 4y ago
    a what?
    - katbyte 4y ago
      Jerry can*

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ZeroGravitas 4y ago

Preppers are apparently really into adding solar panels to the top of golf carts these days.