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Clever Comebacks

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ev owners with solar panels on their house are laughing right now

[–] SpaceMan9000 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Most inverters for solar panels don't function without being connected to the net...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Use a home depot inverter. Mehdi Sadaghdar powered his house with a car battery

[–] vector_zero 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

And a little generator is enough to bring a gas pump back online.

[–] hiven 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It’s probably enough to put a bit of charge in a car too

[–] vector_zero 1 points 1 year ago

Surprisingly little, you'd find.

[–] SpaceNoodle 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

And what fuels the generator?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

And what fuels the generator?

Turtles. It's turtles all the way down, sonny.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Another generator

[–] vector_zero 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Presumably the fuel you'd keep in your generator for such an eventuality.

[–] SpaceNoodle 0 points 1 year ago

Good thing gas never goes bad!

[–] MaxVerstappen 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hand powered pumps are a thing too.

[–] hiven 3 points 1 year ago

And bicycles