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   SkepticCal said, 11 months ago

   How many are Chevy Volt owners?
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   dtroutma said, 11 months ago

   IT’s A LAPTOP, with a battery!

   
   However, in THAT area, being without a computer after the battery runs down is “disaster”, and headless horses rear-ends.
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   rightisright said, 11 months ago

   Oh no, lawyers and lobbyists are suffering…..
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   walruscarver2000 said, 11 months ago

   Look! A picture of righty with his laptop.
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   Craig Linder said, 11 months ago

   @SkepticCal

   Cal, baby, calm down. The problem is above ground power lines, not that some folks have electric cars.
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   GreggW said, 11 months ago

   The problem is an incompetent monopoly that has announced it plans to raise its rates at twice the rate of inflation in the near future. Aren’t private monopolies great, laissez-faire capitalism fans?
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   dtroutma said, 11 months ago

   The sadness is, the caricature is a huge component of our current population, unable to function in ANY disaster/inconvenience, because total dependence on technology has sapped the intellect and “independence” they claim.
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   pirate227 said, 11 months ago

   Try packing up and moving an entire household during this mess, I did and somehow I survived.
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   MortyForTyrant said, 11 months ago

   @SkepticCal

   The Volt has a gas engine as well. That’s the main feature of the ads GM runs. Have you been living under a rock? How embarrassing for you….
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    MortyForTyrant said, 11 months ago

    @dtroutma

    This may sound paranoid to you, but i got a big car battery on a trickle-charger 24/7, and an inverter that will allow me to use my laptop, smart-phone etc. for several days. I also got water for two weeks (plus a purifier), food for 1-2 month and fuel for the cooker/heater for 3 month. And I’m NOT a “Doomsday-Prepper”, just a guy who knows how fragile our infrastructure (worldwide) is and how we depend on it.
    
    
    Not having a generator when your power comes from some wooden poles along your street (lined with trees…) is a big risk. In Germany everything below 20.000 Volts is buried underground, I didn’t have a power outage in 15 years or so, and then only for minutes until the breakers are reset. But you never know, hence the battery…
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    Tigger said, 11 months ago

    @walruscarver2000

    Nope a Democrat
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    Tigger said, 11 months ago

    @dtroutma

    You fit this bill too
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    Tigger said, 11 months ago

    @pirate227

    Much easier
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    Tigger said, 11 months ago

    @MortyForTyrant

    Underground lines will not prevent above ground transformers going out or exploding
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    Ketira shena Pretarasedrin said, 11 months ago

    I know what this is like; I’ve been through a Hurricane or two.
    The worst part is when it happens in August, which have the hottest days of Summer in Florida.
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