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by peebeebee 900 days ago
If that is the case, chances are you are in not a good position for any emergency. For ‘emergencies’ you want to be outside the city, with a big stockpile of food and clean water. Maybe enough land to grow some veggies. Extra points for solar and a battery. A gas powered car won’t save you in any real emergency. Do you stock 100liters of gasoline in your home?
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> A gas powered car won’t save you in any real emergency.

And unless you happen to live somewhere with reliable off-grid electric generation, neither will your EV. What are you going to use your EV for if you live on the 4th floor of an apartment building that's a 1500' walk from the closest parking spot? Run a giant extension cord up to the balcony?

> Do you stock 100liters of gasoline in your home?

I keep a jerrycan or two of gas in the outdoor storage space that I refill every half year or so. Sure, that's not 100L, more like 40, but it's not nothing. I could easily expand my storage capacity to 200L or so without much problem if I decided I needed to. And like I said, gas has many uses, including as a currency in more extreme circumstances.

No, in an emergency, we all run out to the gas station to fill the containers that we just bought. Then we find out they are out, because that is what happens in an emergency.