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by flakeoil 776 days ago
Well, in most developed countries it happens very rarely (less than once a year) and when it happens it's typically in the minutes or maybe an hour range.

As a backup I would recommend a camping stove that uses ethanol over using a UPS system.

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> Well, in most developed countries...

Vs. the USA? Further up the chain of replies, this was specified:

>>> Here in New York I lose power several times a year - sometimes for multiple days at a time. In 5 decades I've never lost my gas.

And I know quite a few people in Michigan who had similar experiences last year. Total outage duration for many of them was >2 weeks.

(I'll admit that, these days, "USA isn't really a developed country any more" is a credible argument.)