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Jokes on you, I’ve been burying my gasoline…
no, this is actually a joke, feds. Burying gasoline would be irresponsible and dangerous.
~What you want to do is bury diesel..~
Wouldn't it go bad after, like, a year?
probably. don’t take advice on storing fuel from a dipshit.
Don't tell me what to do dipshit
This made my day
You would need to treat, stabilize the fuel for long-term storage, incurring additional cost. And even then. It's technically not "as good" as fresh stuff.
How about propane / butane? The gas canisters from WW2 and probably even older ones are still in use today and the fuel inside doesn't chemically degrade.
I don't have any personal experience, but that sounds like a plan to me. I do really like propane, and I recently got a small generator that runs either gas or propane. Just need to change out the spark plug so it burns hotter or something (for propane). In fact, some people just use propane in their generators because it runs cleaner.
Idk, frankly I think all fuel is a non-issue, because in an emergency all these things run on money, money, lots of money. Fuel today, gone tomorrow. 20# propane tank? Gone. 8-gal gas? Gone. Hopefully it's enough to run your appliances & get you by until utilities are restored.
In an extended power outage or grid down type situation, generators are great to have but you'll be limited by your ability to obtain fuel. And the money to run it. A generator will be loud & could attract unwanted attention from beggars, looters/thieves. The best investments you can make right now is increasing your efficiency ((insulation)), reducing your energy needs, & investing in things that can help you in a grid-down situation.