USViking
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I'm not sure you understand.There are ways to make coffee without power, so long as you have gas to heat water or some backup cooking source, heck I have even used those crappy sterno gel fuels in a pinch to make coffee. Best method is a percolator, does everything for you just needs heat. The other method is cowboy coffee, for that you bring the water to a rolling boil, then add the grounds. The heat from the boiling water will suck the grounds to the bottom, so you get minimal grounds in your coffee.
The question is could you? bout a month ago there was a power outage from wind knocking down trees over power lines, and all my neighbors were throwing a fit, had all their appliances electric, and no backup anything. I myself have a 700 watt generator, but it will only power a few lights a fan and charge a cellphone.
When I was in the military it was common to have zero power during field exercises excpept for the command areas, so up to two and a half weeks no power, and people flipped out, no way to charge their phones, no ac, heck no coffee pot.
Myself I am the type of person who has a percolator, basic backup power, and enough knowledge to survive without power. Others however do not, to the extent when they go camping they need a site with power outlets. So the real question is after todats conveniences could you survive without electricity?
I have been dabbling with less power here and there in the shop.
I know it is hardly roughing it, but my next boat will be completed with 100% hand tools.
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I have been dabbling with less power here and there in the shop.
I know it is hardly roughing it, but my next boat will be completed with 100% hand tools.
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In the event of an electricity black out and a breakdown of society liberals would be some of the first to die.
I would scrounge materials to build a Tesla coil and wind a transformer.
Maybe one day offline.
Could you live without power?
I would scrounge materials to build a Tesla coil and wind a transformer.
Maybe one day offline.
No you are doing it wrong a tesla coil produces dirty high frequency ac current, you need a tesla turbine and a couple gm 1 wire alternators taken from chevy trucks at the junkyard.
I happen to like dirty high frequency AC. Fewer parts.
Raw power comes from the atmosphere.
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