Electricity needs when the grids down.

[Straight Shooter]

It’s not that I do not understand the lifestyle you would seek after tshtf .....or before it come to that , most people that already live rural or out in the sticks ....do so by choice and not luck ,they love the countryside just as much as you or I ......as for the backup power systems ( I already have ) and fully aware they will fail at some point I except it with no problem at all .....I’m expecting it to do just that ....but while it’s working I will reap the benefits of what ever that brings , it would be plain stupid not to ....no one buys a new garden spade then refuse to use it just in case they break the shaft / handle and use a piece of wood with a point crafted with a knife to dig over some ground .....and then there’s the knife ! .....in short ....BP like you I don’t rely on any one thing electric or not
Not got all the answers but I do know quite a few of them ......now that’s quite enough justification on my part lol .