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Pssst. An EMP āeventā that fries our power grid will also toast the circuitry in your little solar array. Not that getting off the grid is a bad thing if you do it for rational reasons, you arenāt going to do it with that tiny little array.
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Obama Blackouts has a certain Freudian dogwhistle ring to it. Marketing genius.
Never experienced one, unlike the CA brownouts when W. Bushās Enron buddies were running things.
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Ummm, admittedly, Iām not an engineer or anything close of that nature but even I know that the solar generator shown will provide for a few hours worth of power to a few small appliances. It would NOT āget you off the grid.ā A very worthy endeavour but if youāre really interested in seeing how that kind of energy independence can be implemented, look to Germany.
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Well, clearly the generator, which I assume runs of gas or diesel based on the size, supplies the solar panel with the power it needs to operate. Because why else would you need a generator? Duh!
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You have to remember these people are wired to believe anything bad about a black man in the white house. Reality be damned.
If someone sends you this email, reply back that youāve heard that those solar panels are leftovers found in a backroom of the Solyndra factory, and therefore covered with Obama-cooties.
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I used to work in the solar industry. Itās laughable to think what little energy would be produced from a single solar panel. Maybe it can be used to sustain the coffeemaker?
This ad reminds me of a couple I met a few years ago. They were an older couple at their wits end financially. Theyād sunk all their savings into building a home with concrete and steel walls and bullet proof windows on the top floors (no windows on the bottom floors). Theyād essentially created a fort with stock piles of food and weapons. Why, you ask? Because of the coming riots and looting that would soon ensue when Obamaās policies finally collapse the country into total anarchy and chaos. They said the markets would tank down into the 100s, gas prices would skyrocket, and unemployment would be far worse than during the Great Depression.
I felt deeply sorry for those people because instead of enjoying their golden years traveling and doing things they loved, they were holed up in their home waiting for Glen Beck and Alex Jonesā prophecies to come to fruition. Sad.
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So awesome that a guy who no doubt is angry about how Obama has been lying to the country tells prospective customers that heās losing money on every sale he makes.
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There is one born every minuteā¦
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Underwritten by Glenn Buy-Texas-Gold Beck?
I think the rate has exponentially risen in the last couple of decades.
More like one re-born every nano-second.
You want to get off the grid you need a stream that doesnāt go dry and a water wheel. Dig into a south facing hillside, make ponds for farming fish, and learn how to do basic things like purifying water, making charcoal, raising chickens, trapping animals (tanning pelts) and the Big Three; Corn, squash, pole beans.
A propane barbecue lasts a long time and if you hook it up to your main tank, your good for months and months.
Saving water ahead of time is easy as are basic supplies.
Getting off the grid is one thing, disconnecting from society in full is a whole other deal altogether.
Growing your own food, check. Renewable energy source, check.
Bailing on humanity and life because of outrageous conspiracy claims, idiotic.
But, I guess if you start planning now, youāll have your shit together just in time for Obamaās exit from office. You know, when the āblackā is out. Doh!
I particularly like the fact that because the unpatriotic Obama is destroying the coal industry the correct response is to switch to renewables and, wait for it, hasten the end of the coal industry!
Iām going to bet that the reason only 7 are available is that heās trying to get rid of his inventory because itās no longer listed on Amazon. All the one-star reviews there are presumably deterring people from buying it:
Also note that you can get essentially the same setup (a battery unit with outlets plus a small solar panel to charge it) for $600. Though as others have mentioned, Iām not sure why youād want to use such a small system.