That’s the thing about a power outage. To some it’s a catastrophe while to others it’s an adventure.
The Glut Cometh
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Larry Caldwell
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Yep, I'm a country boy for sure. I don't abandon 19th century and early 20th century technology because it requires a little work. The nice thing about solutions invented before electricity is that they always work. My wood stove is a home utility that provides many kw equivalent of energy any time I need it, and makes use of nature's solar collectors to concentrate the fuel. When the power goes out, the comfort of my home doesn't change, and outdoors it turns into a Currier and Ives print.
Dftodd
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We lost power for a week after a tornado. City water, so we had cold showers unless we decided to shower at the gym.
We were stranded for a couple days till we could get the generator from my father in law.
You would be surprised what you can cook on a propane grill with a side burner
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having a diesel standby here, we always have juice, just it becomes more costly at times.
5030
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I'll pass. When the outside turns into a Currier and Ives print, I know I'll have to fire up the Kubota and plow us out as we live 2 miles from the pavement on a remote dirt road.
I'm not into solar but the power goes out out here, it's always out for a while which is why we have a diesel backup hooked to the 500 gallon bulk tank.
My only 'compromise' is the way we heat, we heat with bio mass and have for the last 30 years.
5030
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Fine with me. I only buy low mileage off lease used vehicles anyway. Not about to pay the inflated ridiculous price new cars are today. Can usually get them at least a 50% off discount.
jyoutz
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Stumpage prices are already back to where they were 5 years ago. Lumber prices are dropping but still high. Lumber prices follow housing starts.
Lumber sales also can be a harbinger of what's to come in the next 6-18 months.
That doesn't necessarily mean the sky is falling though, anything as hot as the housing and retail markets have been in the last 2 years has to cool off sometime.
Torvy
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The housing market is regional. Looking at it nationally in a country as large as the US tends to hide causes and is more click bait than anything else. There will be overlap, but the effects will be less in areas with a better core economy.
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I was all set to buy a 2019 Ford Fusion Titanium off-lease for a few pennies over $20k back in 2020. I him-hawed on it for a week, and it sold just before I called the dealer. That was just about the time Covid was taking ahold. The same car today, going on four years older, is selling for about $25k. I decided I'd just hold onto my old GMC pickup.
