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Originally Posted by FlorenceArt
Oh. And you will make all those yourself? And repair them when they are broken?
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No, I don't intend to make them myself. Why should I? I already got them.
Should be good for another 20 years. Most likely I'll update them well before that. They are mainly used for backup power during power outages. One solar panel power an electric fence for horses away from the grid, in the summer. But they could all easily be used to recharge my e-reader.
If need be it is trivial to rig a small generator (from a bicycle for instance) as a electric windmill, to recharge some flashlight batteries.
So I don't expect lack of electricity to be a problem that makes it impossible for us to read books on our e-readers. Ever.
I can also recharge flashlight batteries using wind/solar power. So we can see to cook, read our paperbooks and listen to the radio when the grid is down.
And the grid actually is down, now and then, where I live. Once for three weeks after a severe storm. The only problem with that was the laundry.