>>2574397>part 2: Non electrics>>2574707Bro's right. You can practically treat cold sir like water. It flows. It'll flow out your fridge door... unless you have a TUB. A big old freezer tub. Open the door, and all that cold stays in. As a result they're extremely efficient and can run off as low as 30 watts. BUT DONT BE FOOLED, they need a burst of power, up to 1,000watts, to crank their motor, only settling to their super low power after. You'd either want to design your electrics around this (straight 12v if you can find one, no inverter), OR... just use it as a big cooler, no electricity. It'll work as good as the best yeti.
For heat, you can't beat hydrocarbons.
You also can't beat bundling up. Your dad was right, heating isn't easy. But if you have pets, or indoor plumbing (pipes can freeze)... you do need to try to heat the place.
There's a lot to get into. It depends on your budget, home size, insulation, etc.
But personally, i have 3 coleman pump gas lanterns, and a gallon of gasoline. Heat and light, and super efficient. That one gallon could last me 2 weeks.
If you really wanna get toasty, try a mr buddy, but propane tanks get expensive if you hoard them like you'd need to. They sell out fast in local stores during hardship, buy them now. Gasoline is almost never unavailable, and even at $5 a gallon... a gallon is all you need for those small lanterns or stoves.
Yes, they make gas stoves too. Look into them, it's down to preference really, but i have a pump gasoline one too.
Don't buy whitegas, it's just purified gasoline, for like 20x the price. Get a dual fuel, they can handle it.
Lastly, entertainment. No real advice here, everyone has different tastes. Just consider power-free entertainment. Books and art supplies and puzzles and whatnot.
There's enough for a part 3, considering the outside world and it's connection to you (your town's water supply is electricity dependent)
But this is already pretty much prepper territory.
