Electric/hybrid vehicles

[Mortblanc]

One of the reason I get less fuel mileage than I should is all the emergency gear I keep in the rig.

I could rebuild a small village or restart human civilization out of either if my vehicles.

Add to that the tendency of our highways to gridlock during the winter months, and usually for reasons of serious weather. It is not unusual for ice to shut down our major motorways just when everyone is trying to get home.

So I keep enough food for a week, down -30 sleeping bag, extra parka, vehicle stove and bottled water in the vehicle, then I refuse to drive in the snow. It is the nicest part of being retired. I simply refuse to leave the house in winter weather.

Who knows, I might actually have to get out in that nasty stuff someday!

For now it is comforting to know it is there and available.