Dammit I ran out of gas.

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  1. xiazixin

    xiazixin Well-Known Member

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    Usually everyone is worried about running out of food in a lockdown. But for some reason I ran out of gas first......
    And there is no vehicle law implemented.... How do I fill out the gas tanks? And my nearest gas store are closed...
     
  2. Vilidious

    Vilidious Well-Known Member

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    No worries, you still have the Internet.

    Outside world was over-rated anyway...
     
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    abewan 〘Nishikigoi Dungeon〙

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    Stay calm, we're with you.
     
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  4. DocB

    DocB "I see you, little mouse! Run along"

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    easy, either call all nearby gas station (look up contact info online) and see what they tell you about it and if they are open
    or, steal from your neighbours while only wearing skin tight leather, it's the apocalypse and without a vehicle you are as good as dead
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    Find a gasbag. Get your fill. Easy. :blobpeek:
     
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    lnv ✪ Well-Known Hypocrite

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    Charge your car with electricity
     
  7. Drake98

    Drake98 Concerned Fan

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    what do you even use gas for? is there any trickle left or can it run with how many times for you to go to buy or do anything you want to use with your car?

    if you dont have food, be sure to bulk purchase non-perishable food. be sure to calculate it properly in how far could your food last you/your family. I am not sure if your in venezuela or hubei/surroundings, but minimize outings this is important.
     
  8. xiazixin

    xiazixin Well-Known Member

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    I use gas for cooking, and yes my area is under lockdown.
    As those who know me for some time Will know that I live halve an hour drive from Wuhan in the city of ezhou.
    https://forum.novelupdates.com/posts/5308799/

    I have about halve a year of food at my grandparents house. My grandparents wasn't around for like years, but there are still a year of rice that they keep form a long time ago. Older people aways stock food. I still have like 3 months of food and there are still food in supermarkets.

    But it's annoying I can't cook with gas stoves. There is electric stove for hotpot, so it's not live threatening. And I cook rice with electric rice cooler. And boil water with electric boilers. But it's annoying as I can't use the gas stove.
     
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    elengee Daoist Ninefaps

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    Just pull my finger. :blobpeek:
     
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    zhainan2157 『Villager No.2157』『Kawaii Connoisseur』

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    I'm guessing the delivery service is also stopped at this point. Maybe contact the police and see if they're willing to help out a bit? Is it possible for you to find a portable stove and extra butane canisters anywhere?
     
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    call the nearest gas station/store and find something out, as DocB said... they can help you a lot more than random people on the internet... use wood and cook stuff in a fireplace? you could roast potatoes if you get tired of hotpots

    look into getting a trangia... i got 2-3 in my house so even if everything goes to shit i can still cook stuff... i live in denmark so doesn't seem like that'll happen anytime soon for me tho... won't work long term but for a month or 2 it would be fine...
    its nice and portable so if the apocalypse happens you can bring it with you...............
     
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    DON'T leave your house. Please. If you have plenty of food and a way to cook it, even if it's tasteless, just stay home. I'm not there, so I don't know how severe it is and can only go off of what news reports like the New York Times has to say about it, but this coronavirus outbreak seems to be no joke. A lot of stores will be closed, so you may only be able to rely on the people around you, but the situation doesn't allow you to knock on random doors and ask. Your best bet, if you really need it, is to call up any friends and family you have that are near and ask for help after confirming their household hasn't been infected. Maybe an acquaintance will be willing to help in exchange for food. Just be careful about it, wear gloves and a mask if you need to go out for it, have a shower immediately upon returning, and sterilize anything you brought from outside.
     
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    switch to electric stove, ez
     
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    Amaruna Myu ugly squid dokja (●´∀`●)

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    cut some wood and make a fire.

    sorry, I am a avid viewer of liziqi and dianxixiaoge...

    I don't know how to solve the problem of gas since only my grandma uses gas canisters in my family, and we don't live in the same house...
     
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  15. SerialBeggar

    SerialBeggar Hate your family? Got no friends? Gimme your stuff

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    People make fun of survivalists and preppers until their warnings come true. Dun Dun DUUUH! :blobspearpeek:
    This may be a bit late for the OP, but for others to ponder:
     
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    RizYun #Kaffee4Laifu

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    you still have unused books or wooden furnitures right? make a bonfire out of em....
    that's it if you got no firewood or charcoal...
     
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    Alternative energy sources for cooking include wood, charcoal and kerosene. Which one you choose depends on whether you can find the stove. Obviously, these would only be backups for your electric stove.

    If you pick one of the above cookers, you may want to look up thermal cookers / hay box cookers. These would let you minimize fuel usage.

    You can look up solar cookers for homemade designs if outdoor cooking is possible for you.

    If you have firewood available, look up rocket stoves. There are also other modern wood stove designs that give more heat from less wood. Rocket stoves just seem to be the easiest to build yourself.
     
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    Ai chan Queen of Yuri, Devourer of Traps, Thrusted Witch

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    During the second world war, when gasoline was really hard to find, because the military hogged them all, people in the UK made do with synthgas, where you heat up wood chips in an anaerobic environment. It's so easy you can do it at home and can refine enough synthgas to power your cars. The only downside is the synthgas is a little bit dirtier and is not very efficient, but to get things done, it was the only way.

    If you just want to use it to heat up your home or to cook, it is perfectly fine for that purpose.

    For instructions on how to build it, just look up 'synthgas' or 'wood gassifier' in google or youtube.
     
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  20. Bakaturq

    Bakaturq Tell me, what do you see?

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    Nazi SS men at gas chamber: Dammit, i ran out of gas
     
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