Yes it is very interesting. I have friends who buy solar panels and home batteries with one of the ideas being in case of emergency being able to go complete ‘island’. I argue that is all well and good, but within 1h the broadband, and 4g/5g does down, any longer than that you can’t even make a phonecall from a regular cellphone and your smarthouse will probably not work anymore because it requires an active connection.
After a few hours all the food at the nearest supermarket will be spoiled and thrown away.
My point being, it is very nice idea in theory to get all this tech but I think you have to realize how dependent you still are of the infrastructure around you. And even if you have heat and light for yourself it does not really give you much more time being comfortable in a crisis, best case you can cook a few more meals and have the light on for maybe a day longer than your neighbors, but that is it.
True, but is in your hands. You can always have more fuel for your generator at the ready, larger batteries… you can have large amount of non-perishable goods at home. If you have a large garden, you can have vegetables and fruits that you can preserve. So technically, it is more of a question of how long do you want to be independent for,as it is entirely possible to be self-sufficient.
Even the German government suggests having non-perishable goods and water for about 2 weeks at home at any time in case of a prolonged emergency
Ja, of course. Point being that my friends have not considered the rest for becoming completely self-sufficient. They are very much into tech and less so in food preservation and gardening
Yes it is very interesting. I have friends who buy solar panels and home batteries with one of the ideas being in case of emergency being able to go complete ‘island’. I argue that is all well and good, but within 1h the broadband, and 4g/5g does down, any longer than that you can’t even make a phonecall from a regular cellphone and your smarthouse will probably not work anymore because it requires an active connection. After a few hours all the food at the nearest supermarket will be spoiled and thrown away. My point being, it is very nice idea in theory to get all this tech but I think you have to realize how dependent you still are of the infrastructure around you. And even if you have heat and light for yourself it does not really give you much more time being comfortable in a crisis, best case you can cook a few more meals and have the light on for maybe a day longer than your neighbors, but that is it.
True, but is in your hands. You can always have more fuel for your generator at the ready, larger batteries… you can have large amount of non-perishable goods at home. If you have a large garden, you can have vegetables and fruits that you can preserve. So technically, it is more of a question of how long do you want to be independent for,as it is entirely possible to be self-sufficient.
Even the German government suggests having non-perishable goods and water for about 2 weeks at home at any time in case of a prolonged emergency
Ja, of course. Point being that my friends have not considered the rest for becoming completely self-sufficient. They are very much into tech and less so in food preservation and gardening