Comment on Sales of Hard Drives for the End of the World Boom Under Trump

• Frozengyro@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Get a hard copy of how to rig up solar cells for power.

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  • Usernameblankface@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    That’s my next question. If things are bad enough that the Internet is gone, what reliable source of power would survive the unknown scenario that got things that bad?

    That power source would also need to power a separate computer or smartphone that would also need to be kept protected from whatever happened.

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    • _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      A cheap solar panel can be gotten off Amazon or your local tech store if you have one for around $50. More than enough to power something like this, I would imagine.

      At least while it’s sunny out.

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      • mesamunefire@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        You are correct.

        I’m just wondering as everyone likes to think of what they would do in a post-collapse society…when in reality these tiny drives will probably be much less useful than the knowledge on how to create electricity. Solar or otherwise.

        Solar has the issue that it’s hard to create, but there’s a plethora of ways to create and maintain electrical systems. A small wind generator could probably be easy to rig up as well.

        Back when my state had power outages every other day for long periods of time, we found out what worked and what didn’t real quick.

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