In my opinion, all these people who are buying generators JUST because of Y2K are wasting their money.
Cheeky, I have to say I agree with you. But not entirely for the reasons you have stated.
Simply put, if the defecation hits the rotary oscillator due to Y2K, the fuel people plan to put in their generators will be far too precious to waste on a little light or music.
Second point. If we have TEOTWAWKI, the best way to draw attention to yourself is have your lights blazing at night and the annoying sound of a generator to draw roving bandits (or just people more desperate than you) to take what you have.
Now propane, I can understand. Nothing like it for the camping stove being put to double duty as a Y2K kitchen. Great for putting the shrimp on the barbie as well. But propane requires special storage considerations and is not for everyone.
I've lived for 5 months in the jungle without the benefit of power. There are hundreds of millions of people in the world who deal with living in non-electric villages and houses each and every day.
Survival planning is not about maintaining your current level of comfort, as that is just not practical. It's about surviving and making it through until the systems come back on line, as they will eventually.
So Cheeky, I don't share your absolute belief that nothing major will occur (nor am I sure they will), but I do believe it will not last for over a week or two and will be intermittent and geographically isolated.
But I may be wrong and the grid may completely shut down... or no disruption may occur at all.
The bottom line is, that for survival purposes it is very important that people don't spend a lot of time and money accumulating things which they can justify having around all the time (as contingencies for any disruptions, natural or man-made.
Regards,
Ron |
