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I bought a portable 30W solar panel to get ready for the apocalypse (europe.pub)
submitted 6 days ago by Iconoclast@feddit.uk to c/pics@lemmy.world
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I'm only half kidding. I'm a bit of a prepper and I have lots of powerbanks and devices that charge from USB but besides idling my truck I really had no other way to charge any of them in case of a long-term power outage which seemed a bit of an oversight on my part.

Not like this solves the issue. 30 watts (under ideal conditions) isn't much but it's a start.

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[–] Impractical_Island@lemmy.world 27 points 6 days ago (3 children)

I have stockpiled an absolutely MASSIVE amounts of manure. That shit is going to be worth a fortune in the future. Every paycheck, I dump at least 10% of it into buying the freshest cow pie I can find. The neighbors hate me, but we'll see who gets the last laugh when they sell their in-laws into indentured servitude to afford a bag of my brown gold!

[–] oce@jlai.lu 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Doesn't it have a limited shelf life? Do you need to maintain it?

[–] Impractical_Island@lemmy.world 0 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Well, I keep it fresh by urinating on it. I collect all my family's urine in a bathtub so we can have an extra sanitary bath once a week, together, and then I dump the leftover on the pile with this big crane I rigged up outta grocery carts.

[–] kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago

I didnt know the meaning of "manure" but it became clear by the end of the paragraph