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If the power goes out permanently I want be able to run the following and have put the gear together to make it so.

-microwave ovens
-room air conditioners
-Fans, lots of fans
-refrigerators and small freezers
-Washing machine
-my computers
-My ham radio gear
-simplex repeaters for local comms
-electric blankets
-LED room lighting
-DC chainsaws
-Small power tools

I still need to get the gear together to pump water from my
wells, I can draw water by hand but a pump and pressure tank is a better solution by far.

I am not building a solar power system capable of running the electric central heaters or the clothes dryer.. I can hang clothes out to dry them and I live in a vast forest so I have two woodstoves at the ready.

I have gathered together redundant air conditioners, power tools, small refrigerators..etc etc

I have gathered some ammo but I’m not much of a gun guy.
I have a 22 rifle and a 12 gauge pump shotgun and hundreds of rounds for them.

Lots of security gear, doppler motion sensors, 8 cam security system..etc

LOTS of foodstuffs, medicines, surgical instrument sets..etc
I still need to stock some IV fluids and more bandages and such... I also need to get some O2 concentrators..

I have about 20 good GPS drones for surveillance use.

I still think of at least one more thing each day that I need to get... I know I will forget several things but what can you do...

I have EMP storage for Ham and solar gear, this is just several large galvanized trash cans. 40 spare solar panels that are not connected, still factory packaged.. these should survive any EMP.

My car is old and likely will survive EMP, I got ten 5gal cans for gas... I was shocked at how much a simple 5gal gas can costs! :-/

I have the gear to assemble a mesh network that would cover the county I live in.

I have some FM band transmitters and could cover the local area with a signal if it came to that.

I have four 65’ fiberglass telescoping antenna poles for repeaters and the mesh network.... and nice tall hills on the property for them.

I’m a frugal guy (cheap) but I felt the need to prepare.
I hope to God I never have to use any of it!

Be prepared my FRiends!

“-microwave ovens
-room air conditioners
-Fans, lots of fans
-refrigerators and small freezers
-Washing machine
-my computers
-My ham radio gear
-simplex repeaters for local comms
-electric blankets
-LED room lighting
-DC chainsaws
-Small power tools”

Unfortunately you are dreaming... We have actually lived off grid for over ten years and the only items in that list that are sustainable are the computer, ham gear, and lights. Even the repeater will not be sustainable unless you only turn it on occasionally and intermittently.

Having experience living without and minimal electricity I can tell you now your approach is backwards. Rather than try to satisfy electric devices, the reality is you have to change your lifestyle to minimize and reduce electric device demand or it is completely unsustainable.