My Most Important Reason For Power4Patriots
One of the great things that solar and wind power offers is peace of mind. Peace of mind that you’re more self-reliant and independent. And peace of mind that you and your family are more protected from the global conflict and terrorism that threatens our nation’s power grid.
We don’t worry about blackouts, brownouts or the so-called smart grid. We are also more self-sufficient than the uninformed – so that no matter what happens to the outside world, we’re in a better position to be OK.
Well, here’s some big news: China just built its first aircraft carrier (you can read about it at the link below):
You can bet they are not planning on going fishing with it!
After all, Iran has made a living rattling its sabers and probably has the nukes to be a true global menace. It’s clear that terrorists are intent on bringing the fight to our shores.
One thing you can bet on, when the attack comes, whoever it comes from, they will almost certainly attack our aging and decrepit power grid. There is no easier way for a foreign enemy to cripple our nation than to target a system that was designed and implemented in the early 20th century, and hasn’t been upgraded since.
But I can guarantee one thing — they won’t get to me or my family. We’ve purposely insulated ourselves. We’ll have power no matter what, and that’s why I think it’s important for you to read the Power4Patriots materials, watch the step-by-step videos and start building your own home system.
Even if you just build a small backup system that will allow you wait out a power outage from an attack, you need to be prepared. And the simple truth is that just by getting the Power4Patriots materials, you’re now more prepared than most people. You never know where the next threat will come from.
So my most important reason for Power4Patriots… and why I’m so delighted that you’ve joined me… is independence.
So what do you think… Do you agree that our aging power grid is a likely target? Is China a real threat? Let me know in the comments below.
How do I calculate the amount of solar panels and batteries to start my water well motor that runs on a 20 volt.
Watts = volts x amps. You need to know a little more about your motor to be sure. Once you figure out the watts you need, you can make a guess at the number of solar cells you will need. It depends a great deal on the efficiency of your panel, too.
Slight correction Frank. China did not just build its first aircraft carrier. China bought a rusted, fossil powered hulk from Russia and rebuilt it. In technology, it ranks with early WW2 carriers.
China already has a land based missile system, made to take out aircraft carriers like ours! Obsolete tech!
Walt Kelly, a now deceased artist for Pogo cartoons, got it right. Pogo looked into a full-length mirror dressed like a US Army general. The caption read, “I have met the enemy and it is us.”
Thank you Frank Bates for sharing your knowledge with us. Our USA needs more men like you to spread the word; and “Wake up the rest of the Dumb Asses” out there ! The “Greedy” politicians we currently have in office; will get their “True”reward someday! Just hope that I live long enough to witness it!
I have just completed my own solar and wind power system. I have food and am-o stored for 2 years. A little kid told me no one can get in, but i can never come out.
to NickCzudsy: have u ever been to China? you say their architecture and buildings are better than ours? u don’t know what u say; I’ve been there in 1980’s with Nat. Science Fndt. scientists; their buildings are put together with NO re bars! they fall with any earth tremor, their roads are made by many Chinese who gather and shape local rocks to make the bed for the road, have they improved over the years? yes. but….not as much as u think. this was a Communist society, just like Russia; yes, I was ther in 2008 and their apts are held together with large steel bars that extend from 1 building to the other one in order to hold them all up!! another communist nation who has allowed infrastructure to decay. just look today at Socci, the Olympics. nothing works, not the water, toilets, nothing. I also was in East berlin and it still looks like it was just bombed! get a grip fella. while this nation USA is letting things go also, it was BUILT by masters of building and it is only the likes of Pres. Carter and Obama who are trying to allow us to stagnate, even while both of them have built their careers upon our capitalistic and plural society! not to allow the conservatives to get away from responsibility for our decline either but… we are a Republic, not the Communistic country that Obumer would like us to be. as a 76 yr old woman who has succeeded based upon our capitalistic system, god bless America and clean house : throw out 2/3rd of congress and lets’ grow some gumption again! run for office, stop hiding in the hills, demand better gov! do it! let’s get moving again
To Joan M…You are about 1/2 the age between Pres Carter and I am. How the hell, unless you only listen to faux news, do you lump those two together, mam? I vote for both, and sincerely wish the republicans had put someone better against Obama than McCain PALIN ! and I would have voted for McCain…But if we had followed President Carter’s ideas of living a bit more efficient lifestyle ( no McMansions, no bailouts for 40 + million $ per year CEO’s and the companies they ran into the ground with derivatives, etc ) we would be much better off. Actually,, Reagan and Clinton did more harm than Carter ever did, and maybe even if you add if Obaumer !
I believe you are living in a dream land. I guess your do not remember Carter’s 18%+ interest rates, a stagnant economy, and foreign policy disasters, failed military operations, loss of an Embassy, Americans held hostage by terrorists…gave birth to today’s terrorism, etc, etc.
Obama is the absolute the worst President in the history of this great nation< followed by Carter and Wilson ..then FDR. Go back to school using books OTHER THAN the revisionist and redacted versions of US history used to teach our kids today. that …or go back to sleep in your fantasy world.
I’m with you Joan! Obummer is letting the ISIS get to us on purpose. He’s leaving the border open. I heard that ISIS is in Mexico today as we speak right at the borders waiting for the go signal from obummer. Do you remember hearing and seeing obummer making the statement back in 2007 while campaigning in Fla ? He said “we can change the country, and we’ll change the WORLD! THAT’S A a promise he made and will keep. So we do need to clean out the house NOW before it’s too late. That’s why he’s shrinking our military ! There’s so many dumb assess out there and our young people are the dumbest, they know nothing of what’s about to happen to our country. I have been telling fox news for sometime now about obummer plan to destroy the USA and so far everything I have told them that was going to happen is unfolding right before them. If those that I wrote to had listneed to me and payed attention to my suggestions, we would not be having this discussion. I’m 63 and know what I’m talking about.
I love my country but worry about my government. thinking we can do anything we want while others are a threat if they buy or build military is a bit eccentric..
I believe a founding father said “Govt in it’s best form is a necessary evil” Ours has strayed far away from founding fathers of this country.
Iran doesn’t have nukes. China doesn’t want to attack us.
Do we go fishing in our Air Craft carriers?? Are only us and our allies supposed to have Aircraft carriers.. China could have taken Taiwan years ago. We need to defend our homeland and stop playing and policing up the rest of the world. Money buys big toys and weapons.. we sure bought our share.
BT,,, personally I would rather fight our enemies on their turf rather on our homeland. Yes we have some incredible “Big Toys”…the more powerful we are the less likely the possibility that we will actually have to deploy them.
I was in the military for 23 yes, there’s one thing you need to understand, you don’t spend that kind of change unless you want to spread your power around the globe. Iran wants nukes, one of their first targets will be Israel, then hurt us anyway possible. The world is a lot more dangerous with obummer trying to apologize to our enemies, its only making us look weak!
William Carr. Your proclamation is obviously incorrect …unless you have some definitive evidence to validate your “assumptions”. Never underestimate your adversaries…to do so invites and assures disaster. plan for the worse case …and train and equip for the ability to destroy the worse case scenario.
There is a lot of good information here! I come here often for information and ideas and I have bought cds.
But all that want to be off grid and are relying on batteries and inverter are going to find your system is wholly inadequate. If you use lead acid batteries you’ll spend a lot of time in maintainence. If you rely on one source you limit your possibilities and if it goes……..
If you think of cutting corners of buying cheap stuff you’re inviting disaster. This is like buying stock … diversify diversify et al. Just my two cents!
Keep up the good work, Frank
Not a comment, but a question. I hope you don’t mind. I’m a 65 year old woman on my own and can’t make the changes to make me independent with power, etc. Any suggestions. Also, my income is limited.
Me too Sandra. I don’t have the funds but I do believe in becoming self sufficient if at all possible. I live within 25 miles of a nuclear power plant. I live within 10 miles of a power substation and close to a navy ship yard. I want to get out of here ASAP because it is coming!
I agree and will start building my own security solar power supply. Will plexy glass work or do I need to use safety glass.
To the 65 yr. old with limited income: I can relate, start with a 4 inch magnifying glass which will start a fire anytime
there’s decent sunlight by moving the glass until a small
bright dot strikes an easily combustible material-you’ll have started a fire. Then find cheap solar lights (the kind
that detects motion, charges in sunlight, and can be switched off when not needed) you’ll now have a light to
see by for several hours without kerosene. My solar light cost 17.99 on sale at Harbor Freight.
RE : Johnny wilmot 6 months ago……Would it be possible to have long leads going into the faraday cage and working out a way to still charge batteries? If I understand what a faraday cage is, correctly, there shouldn’t be any problem, in normal circumstances. Please let me know if this idea is incorrect. Re China, I don’t think it will be any threat for a couple of years and, possibly not ever depending on future world events. Quite frankly, with your aging power grid ….China wouldn’t have to do a thing ….wind and weather and lack of maintenance will do all that’s required!!!
A Faraday Cage is intended to shield electronics from a Nuclear Magnetic Pulse.
Batteries themselves aren’t vulnerable; the charge controller is pretty tough; but the secret vulnerability is the wires outside the Cage.
The longer they are, the more ZAP they’ll pick up.
If you have wires running to your roof, that’s fairly short, but consider shielding them in steel conduit.
You can buy the conduit with the wires already in it. Already to Code and ready to hook up.
Solar and wind are a good duo. My only concern would be whether there were suitably protected spares/2nd systems available in the event of EMP event of some kind. I envy you with your systems……unfortunately, where I am (in rental accommodation) it’s not possible to have either. I’ve already checked with the landlord. Can you suggest what I could have for a portable system of some kind? I’ve investigated a few but it’s hard to work out what is the best one to allow for lights, fridge, fan, tv, computer (laptop) and, possibly, electric scooter. Sue.
You are so right and when I was in the Marines for 25 yrs I have been around and I know how to survive and protect my family and hope that some of my friend get on board with your program. Ty
Both solar and wind power (at the levels most folks have installed in their home), are not acceptable for steel and other metal work like heavy welding, plasma cutting, milling and lathe work. While wind can produce single phase power adequate to run household appliances, solar has difficultly producing 220v in sufficient amperages.
Alternative power productions such as steam or diesel with waste vegetable oil are great choices for peak use or metal work.
Heavy work, if you’re going to need it, is best done with a large, slow running diesel generator.
Turn it on once a week to do the laundry, for example, or some welding.
Solar with batteries and a wind turbine will do for 99% of everything else.
China as you no doubt know Mr.Bates is going to beat us where they know it hurts the most, in
our back pockets. It is my understanding that they now own more than 52% of our country
assists. The real face of China will be seen when we TCOB in North Korera .
We are not mentioned in the final days but China and Russia are.
We will be captured or destoried. The Anti Christ will come on the sceen as soon as Peace is
declared in the middle east.
I have purchased your books and video and I want to get off the Grid and be self sufficiant .
I am one of your neiorbors in Northeast Tennessee and believe everything You have written in your blog. I spent nine years in the Military and have had access to some sincesitive information and
Tell me more. Like what is the cost to install in my house???
Frank . moral agency { the responsibility of choice } is a primary part of humanity . the more self dependent we are the more the choices we make are truly our own. when something or someone is in control of our basic necessities then our choices are heavily influenced by that pressure . to be self dependent is a necessity to being a functional human .
I like your answer. As a matter of fact and it was 40 yare ago I took myself out of the workforce, learned electronics and started contracting. You know if it is to be it is up to me! well, now I’m in my seventies and I don’t work much. When I do I command $80 per hour or better. Not bad for a high school education. I’m not off the grid yet but I’m working that way using multiple systems like 12v,24 115 and 220
Yes Our power grid is old and decrepit. We need to desperately spend some money on infrastructure. If the GOP would get their heads out of their a$$es and let OBama spend a little money on infrastructure, instead of the old and ineffectual mantra of reducing spending. As for the Chinese with their one aircraft carrier, we have nothing to worry about that. It is old Russian technology and the USA spends 10 times more than China does on military. They spend their money on infrastructure and when you visit Chine, their cities are far ahead of us in Architecture and infrastructure.
What part of our government is preventing America from upgrading our own infrastructure?
I would be a great benefit to be self sufficient in our power needs.
I think that a EMP would knock out our own self contained power system just the same as it would the public grid. What are you comments on that?
regards
Nick Czudy
China wanted an aircraft carrier so they could BRAG.
They’ve also got a submarine bigger than anybody else.
They have ZERO intention of attacking their best customers… they want to siphon off American dollars as fast as possible before we wise up and return to Tariffs and rebuilding our Manufacturing Economy.
As for EMP’s, the length of the conductor is the critical factor.
In Canada, an electromagnetic storm on the Sun induced enough voltage in their longest power lines that they browned out.
Short little lines in your home won’t even pick up enough to throw sparks.
We could immediately create a million jobs if we modernized the bridges that are falling down, and upgraded to Power Grid version 2.0.
How’s about we use the money we’ve been spending on the foreign Wars to invest in our OWN country?
Stage an X Prize contest for companies to come up with the best ideas, and then run with it.
Think the biggest risk is a nuclear detonation. You will either be dead or suffering from radiation sickness and impending death. What is next, build a lead bunker? Do you have plans for those? I do believe solar and wind is important and getting off the grid would be great, but it is not the answer to the fact that the U.S. is a target by the crazies out there who want to kill us.
I am grateful for these insights that you are giving us.
CAN I GO OFF GRID TOTALLY? IF SO, HOW CAN I DO THAT AND/OR WOULD IT MAKE MORE SENSE TO ALSO SELL MY EXCESS POWER BACK TO THE ELECTRIC COMPANY? WE LIVE 6 MONTHS ON PEI, CANADA AND 6 MONTHS IN THE U.S. AS AMERICAN CITIZENS. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? BY THE WAY, I DID PURCHASE YOUR CD BUT COULD NOT GET ENOUGH INFORMATION TO GO OFF GRID. HOW CAN YOU HELP ME? MY WIFE AND ARE BOTH SENIORS IN OUR MID 70’S AND ARE LOOKING TO GET OFF THE EXPENSIVE GRID USING MARITIME ELECTRIC HERE ON PEI, CANADA.
People can live without power IF you do not live in the city. Generations before us did not have power. You can not live without water and food. A person wanting to survive such events first needs to move into the country and get away from the mass. Buy a property with a water source and a buy a hand pump so you can access your water without power. Then acquire food and heirloom seeds. Learn to grow. AFTER you have all of that first….Then invest into solar, etc. Power will be the least of your worries if you are starving. You can not eat a solar panel chip.
Sir,
Aircraft carriers are sitting ducks, unless way back and protected with other ships. A shore based gun is better than a ship based gun.
I think the highest risk to the grid is a solar flare.
I understand that if the grid went down solar would be switched off as well, if hooked into it. And a stand-alone system would be inefficient (batteries?) Perhaps a system could be devised to be unhooked at a time like that?
Hello Frank,
I have started to set up a solar powered system, but I am confused what to do. If there is an EMP won’t that knock out my charge controller and inverter? I was thinking about setting it up, taking a pick of it, then tearing it down and putting the inverter and controller in a Faraday cage…But how will I keep my battery’s maintained?
Thanks
Indeed I do agree….ergo why my getting ready for many years now,and moving to be completely off the grid,besides the obvious economic advantage….keep safe all….:).
Frank this reply is mostly for the article that came out today January second 2013 kind of entitled why another thing that you may not have come to mind what is really important 2 lot of us is that the more of us that participate in the self sufficient endeavors the few people are going to be fighting for their family that have not been prepared baking and stealing what they can I think it’s a wonderful thing that you’ve done I don’t comment very often are the things you’ve written but everything you put out there I appreciate very much and some of the CDs I have gotten how are very important to me and my family and I share the information what anybody who will listen so getting thank you very much
Agree – The power grid is definitely a priority target in a hostile situation (EMP).
Question – What will happen to my solar/wind power if such a massive EMP (man made or solar) incident does in fact occur?? Will my solar panels, wind generator, inverter and other components survive??
Help!!!
Thank you Frank for giving people like me the info. and not breaking our wallets. i have been looking and talking about this for some time now. Thank you again for empowering the american people to do something about their high energy bills now if everyone will just do it. i certainly will .
Our grid is more likely to get hit by an EMP or solar flare first which will take down the grid everywhere on Earth.
Unless China got the plans from us or the Brits, i’d be suprised if it even floats! Just one of our carriers could decimate theirs in nothing flat. We also have supperior pilots and aircraft. As far as our Power Grid goes, yeah, that would be an easy target! Glad i got the books!
Like a holoucost survivor once said on PBS “If you think it can’t happen to you think again.” I thank DaD and God for for my country upbringing and now I thank God for you and Glenn Beck. It’s coming, I Just hope I still have a little more time to get more supplies. Keep up the word, I really appreciate the time everyone is putting into getting this vital information out to those of us who need the help. Ihave a 52 yr.old daughter with autism and in diapers, two weeks out of every month she is ZENA with PMS . Believe me I am worried , but not going to lay down and die yet, I’m 100% native American born to win!!!!!!
Absolutley China is a threat, and Russia as well. Monsonto, geoengineering, our own government. Its madness in todays world. The United States of America is the best country in the world but you have to be independent and knowlegeable about the things going on around you. As a combat veternan i thank you for your wisdom on putting power4patriots together.