A lot of us have a gas/diesel/NG/Propane fueled generator. I have used mine several times over the years. Once I needed it for over 3 days straight during a winter storm outage. But if the outage was extended for a week or longer and was wide spread, I would exhaust all of my fuel with no ability to replace it. It looks like a solar system is the only viable option for such a scenario - a system with batteries, inverter, and solar panels for recharging. Such a systems get expensive in a hurry as the power requirements increase. A lot of the inverters are junk from China and are overrated in terms of performance and are not reliable. Any of you have recommendations? The batteries are a big deal. They are expensive with vastly different life expectancies, etc. - any recommendations?