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Old 03-07-2023, 10:51 PM   #34 (permalink)
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This does bring up a question though. What battery would work in a cold climate like mine? Or what can be done to keep one from freezing? We still have several feet of snow and quite a while before it's warm again.
A sand battery, but they store thermal energy. You could recharge it by firing a rocket stove every other day.

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the Consumer Product Safety Commision says only 15 of the 526 carbon monoxide deaths caused by portable generators in homes between 2004 and 2013 are from generators being used outside.
It might be helpful to know how that's even possible.

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There doesn't seem to be any classes that I know of for emergency preparedness.
Notice what happened to the Boy Scouts since 2019.
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