Originally Posted By: WyrTwister
Some municipalities or utilities may turn off the natural gas in a disaster situation . To prevent fires .
We do service work for a Telco . They found that out , the hard way .
Otherwise , natural gas would be a great solution .
When I was young , we lived on a farm . We used butane / propane for the house & Dad's 720 John Deer tractor ran on butane / propane . The tank was large , from the point of view of a little boy . Could have been 250 gallon , could have been 500 gallon .
We never had problems with the vapor pressure being too low in the winter , or gelling . But it seldom got lower than -10F . Mostly 0F or above .
As has been said , no storage life limitations on butane / propane . Ethanol is at the other end of that spectrum .
A dual fuel generator , I agree , I would consider setting it up to do both .
Beast of luck to you ,
Wyr
God bless
Natural gas is the best option for power outages.
If a disaster occurs and enters into week-2, good luck trying to hide the sound of that gas generator. Good luck trying to find fuel in any continued disaster. People that have begun to starve will be hearing your loud generator and on your property quickly. Better have plenty of ammo.
Natural gas is the perfect recipe for power outages that last multiple days and keep the generator sound down to a minimum.
I wouldn't look at anything, other than natural gas.