Electricity needs when the grids down.

[bigpaul]

it just amazes me the lengths some people will go to just to have electricity at all costs when the power grid goes down.
it seems to smack of desperation- no offence meant- and a refusal to accept the situation as it is. no solar set up will last forever and most modern houses dont have the space required for storing the batteries needed, and many of the set ups I have read up on dont have batteries, they feed any excess into the national grid which wont be any good once the grid is down.