No, I don't have a generator, but I'm thinking I need a photovoltaic cell and maybe a fuel cell with iron, nickel and cobalt for ethanol burning. fuelcellsworks.com
One day, perhaps as early as today, the Lake Taupo caldera is going to blow up without warning, converting 100 cubic kilometres of liquids to gases as they decompress, then burn, propelling 1000 km3 of stuff high into the sky in a monstrous phreatomagmatic explosion which will be heard around the world, or at least as seen on tv.
The central north island will once again be buried in pumice and rivers of frothing magma like the Hinuera Stone will flow at 100 kph down the Waikato river, destroying all the power stations and skittling the power supply lines.
There is zero planning for such an event, which has about a 1:10 chance of happening in any 50 or maybe 100 year period according to my boe calculations.
Auckland will shut down without electricity. Pretty much so anyway.
Around Matata there have been ongoing flurries of earthquakes for some months apparently. Maybe that will be the site of a brand new caldera, which would be nice because that wouldn't destroy the electicity supplies. It might not even wreck Tauranga/Mount Maunganui, with a bit of luck.
It would be nice to have my own electricity supplies so that when the systems collapse, you will still be able to read my rants.
Diesel is expensive these days and generators need noise suppression.
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