The electric grid is, or should be, a national priority; getting DC to focus on what is important versus what is political, however, is tougher than capturing a hurricane in a soda can.
That being the case, we all should be taking precautions to make sure if the grid is attacked or goes down, we are covered; here are some suggestions how.
If we can’t depend on the power grid, and we can’t depend on the government to adequately protect us from grid failure, it’s time to take our power into our own hands.
We’re talking about building up your own energy fortress. It’s up to you to make sure you have back-up power–stored energy that you can tap into whenever you need it. Instead of wondering when the next power outage will hit, you can know that you’ll still have the electricity you need to keep your outlets up, your light on, your devices charged, and your refrigerator running. With this sort of security, you can know that your household, and those closest to you, are protected from anything the power grid throws your way.
What does energy security look like?
Mounting Solar panels on roofs or moveable panels allow for easy access for maintenance.
There’s actually one very good option for individual businesses and homeowners, and it’s available right now: Batteries.
Energy storage could change everything. Think of it this way — households independent from the grid won’t even notice a grid outage… that is, until their grid-connected neighbors come knocking.
Households equipped with solar panels and energy storage in the form of home batteries will be completely protected from any utility company mishap, whether it be on a large or small-scale. Home batteries allow households to power their own essential appliances like refrigerators, water pumps, and heating/cooling devices with stored electricity collected from renewable energy sources like solar panels.
The grid may be vulnerable, but the sun? Not so much.
Energy storage changes the entire conversation about grid vulnerability. We don’t have to talk about prolonged power outages as an impending probability, but a situation that can be avoided altogether. Home batteries put the power back into the hands of the consumer, and back into the appliances and systems we need to sustain our lives.
The largest most likely threat to our everyday lives–a power grid attack—doesn’t have to be a threat at all. You don’t have to live in fear, connected to a power grid that could fail at any moment, leaving you and your family in a vulnerable, and potentially life-threatening situation. Instead, information about this threat can motivate you to adopt a new way of creating, storing, and consuming energy.
Whether our politicians want to invest in the resources needed to ensure our grid is protected – or at least easily restored is one story.
Since we likely know the end to that story, it falls on us to make sure we are prepared.
To learn more about the grid vulnerability and what you can do, please visit The Prepper Journal.
Yeah, no more toilet paper being made.
First off, when the grid goes down, it more than likely won’t be due to an attack. It will be a solar flare, which will be a global event, and most if not all electronics, including those being pedalled here, will not work as the wiring will be destroyed.
Secondly, we already know what will happen. Around 90% of the US population will be dead in 90 days, and there is absolutely nothing the government can do about it, as there literally is not enough money on the planet to cover the costs of strengthening the grid to prevent it.
Learn to live sans power, or die.
This is great…except all of the electronics used in your off-grid lifestyle will be fried too. Keep a few solar panels in a Faraday cage, along with a charge controller, batteries, wiring? Sure we all have an extra $2000 lying around…Said not too many people on this site.
We all know the value of preparedness. One I am more into every day is, forming my own ‘tribe’ for want of a better word. It does not have to be a large amount of people but as many like minded individuals as you feel comfortable with. Don’t laugh, but think Walking Dead! Ideas and knowledge is where you find it and I will listen to a child if they know more than me. Just so we are on the same page, I am not talking about a 3 or four day blizzard or an ice storm where you might lose power for a day or two! What I am contemplating is the ‘unthinkable’ of being dumped into the middle of the stone age at :0136 on any given day. You have 365 to choose from and none are any better than the other unless you are prepared. If you are prepared, I like to think of the ‘DELUTH TRADING CO’ ads. If not, you will be like ‘Wiley Coyote’ and$#%&!@*out of luck! (hint) Buy Ajax and not acme equipment! Ok, Talk is cheap! Have you noticed that there is a lot more chatter over the air urging preparations and numerous ideas how to survive the catastrophe which they think might happen? Plan your work and work your plan. My first introduction to college was in the auditorium where the speaker urged us to look to the individual on my left. Then he asked that we look to our right. After doing so, he said the person on your left and right will not see you graduate for they will not be here. I can say that I believe it will be also true if we get the disaster we think we might. The Marines have a saying, MORE SWEAT HERE, LESS BLOOD THERE! Preparedness is power and peace of mind. I do not expect to fall out of my boat fishing but I wear a PFD. I do not plan on getting butter on my tie while eating lobster, but I wear a bib! You might say the same for house and auto insurance. Do I know something you do not? Hell no, but you do a great disservice to you and yours by not preparing as best you can in my opinion. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure!