Diesel just lengthens the storage time. You still have to go somewhere to get it when your onsite tank runs dry. For the electric side you could also have a bunch of solar panels. Lots of choices.

The ultimate preppers just become Amish.

If it works it's not stupid. Or something.

> replaces itself At least two horses then.

Diesel can't be stored forever. Maybe a few years with stabilizer. So you need to remember to rotate it out (and have some use for the fuel you're rotating out).

Much easier to just buy some solar panels to recharge the electric truck.

A prepper will already be rotating out food and water anyway. Solar is still a good idea, but so is having fuel powered generators. Might not be too much sunshine in situations like a nuclear winter or geoengineering gone wrong.

>Diesel can't be stored forever. Maybe a few years with stabilizer. So you need to remember to rotate it out (and have some use for the fuel you're rotating out). Much

>Much easier to just buy some solar panels to recharge the electric truck.

Much easier to use it in your diesel-powered vehicle.

And then you have much, much energy in your stockpile.

That's fun till you run out. The sun isn't going to replace your daily use.

There was a great write up by a Bosnian survivor about prepping vs reality and the top concerns were fuel, cooking oil, and paper goods. Water didn’t even make the list.

Sure, in Bosnia where it rains regularly. In drier climates, different story.

IIRC her point was that there's non-potable water you don't normally consider that can be made potable.

Oh, speaking of climate.

In colder climates, heating your apartment with energy you collect from solar batteries in the middle of winter is a suboptimal strategy.