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Re:Evidence of price-fixing in the oil industry? by autoexecbat on Friday May 03, 2024 @03:35PM (#40251439)
PG&E makes electric-only a little scary. I'll keep 1 EV and 1 ICE car rather than going 2 EVs due to them
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Re:Evidence of price-fixing in the oil industry? by mschuster91 on Friday May 03, 2024 @03:57PM (#40251705)
Depending on how much you drive a day, a propane powered generator pack for a few thousand bucks (chinesium ones start at ~1000 $ [1]) in your shed should be enough to charge during the night and keep your home powered as well, and unlike gas/diesel, propane doesn't go bad during storage.

[1] https://www.amazon.com/-/de/dp/B01M0N8256/ref=sr_1_3

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Re:Evidence of price-fixing in the oil industry? by adamomada on Friday May 03, 2024 @05:00PM (#40252337)
Why not skip it and drive an LPG-powered vehicle instead?
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Re:Evidence of price-fixing in the oil industry? by mschuster91 on Friday May 03, 2024 @06:24PM (#40253042)
Because you'll only need the grid backup like, what, a week or two in the worst case every two or three years? A LPG-powered vehicle will incur all the typical ICE vehicle costs during these three years.
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Re:Evidence of price-fixing in the oil industry? by gwbas1c on Saturday May 04, 2024 @02:27PM (#40259383)
Good luck filling it on a road trip!

Besides, home charging is such a game changer that using a non-traditonal fuel is just a waste of time.

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