Well there are those types, but the devoted diesel owners strip off all electrics, convert the engines with injection pumps & nozzles to mechanical fuel stops, & install spring starters, Now she is 100% mechanical. Those with mechanical injectors save Cummins PT pump style have a head start, as even the PT pumps have a mechanical bypass. Then you have the hard core of those types who also convert or install the safety's (O/speed, Low oil pressure, & high coolant temp) to mechanical as well. Hydro starters are OK but the spring starters are simpler to dick with if something goes wrong, but I've never seen one go bad in all my years. Most all pre 90's Gas burners can be converted to spring start & magnetos as well.
There are some of us that were in the EPG world most of our working lives that warned about outside bad actors popping up, as we,... Proved long ago,... SCADA systems were only, 3rd grade proof. Today's grid is operating on a wing and a prayer and its only a matter of time,...
Never worry, the most hard core types even pigeon hole, Rocking arm voltage regulators for their generators, that will power modern motors, refrigeration, A/C's ect if you know a little about unfucking basic modern designs. Even at that, a high amp pot and someone with a little brains can still make quality power using that simple shit.
Not everyone will be waiting to be saved, by XYZ,... Life skill sets w/a little mechanical ability will have many places back up & running real quick,...
