Thats the rediculous thing. I constantly see people argue about power outages (which realistically aren’t even common in many countries). My parents had a power outage, and couldn’t use their Gas heaters. When I had one, I couldn’t use my instantaneous gas water heater (although, my heat pump based one, can keep water warm for 3 days apparently, so its actually better). My old gas heater actually apparently has been known to burn down houses when there is no power (because the fan stops, and apparently in some circumstance, they overheat)
People don’t realize how dependent many of their gas appliances are on power
People don’t realize how dependent they are on power in general. It runs basically everything, with the exception of your car.
Yet, nearly nobody has any plans for what they’re going to do if the power stops working.
Most households, almost everything is electric or electrically assisted… the only real exceptions I can think of, are your vehicle, barbeque, and water systems (not including hot water). So toilets flush, you can cook on the BBQ, and you can drive away from the collection of wood and bricks you call a home, and go somewhere with electricity… that’s about it.
Thats the rediculous thing. I constantly see people argue about power outages (which realistically aren’t even common in many countries). My parents had a power outage, and couldn’t use their Gas heaters. When I had one, I couldn’t use my instantaneous gas water heater (although, my heat pump based one, can keep water warm for 3 days apparently, so its actually better). My old gas heater actually apparently has been known to burn down houses when there is no power (because the fan stops, and apparently in some circumstance, they overheat)
People don’t realize how dependent many of their gas appliances are on power
People don’t realize how dependent they are on power in general. It runs basically everything, with the exception of your car.
Yet, nearly nobody has any plans for what they’re going to do if the power stops working.
Most households, almost everything is electric or electrically assisted… the only real exceptions I can think of, are your vehicle, barbeque, and water systems (not including hot water). So toilets flush, you can cook on the BBQ, and you can drive away from the collection of wood and bricks you call a home, and go somewhere with electricity… that’s about it.