The world has lost over $50 billion worth of crude oil

Oh no! Did we check under the mattress?

that has not been produced since the Iran war began nearly 50 days ago

Oh, we HAVEN’T lost it. It was just a complete win.

I know, there’s just a lot of misinformation fighting against wind power right now.

Yup but even then, using crude oil refined to lubictate a wind turbine for 12-18 months worth of power is a better use than burning it for a few seconds of power.

And people are working towards recycling waste lubricating oil back into lubricating oil. https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3298/12/5/135

https://www.machinerylubrication.com/Read/395/wind-turbine-lubrication

It is valid that a grid failure proof system is a bigger change to relationship with the grid.

But as someone with a 10x cost difference between on-peak and off-peak pricing, stored power certainly changes how I interact with the grid. My time of use use, and therefore my family’s own habits, are drastically changed. Not doing laundry 16h00-21h00 with a toddler was a rough go. So yes, my relationship with the grid has totally changed; in ways more than jsut my bill.

I’m not sure how that is a disadvantage compared to being on the power grid? If you are on the power grid, and the grid goes down, you also don’t have power.

What is this a disadvantage compared to?

Just cron a restart

One of my hard drives started randomly disconnecting.

I tried all the cables, but got nothing. I don’t have time to fix it before leaving for work, so I’ve set up a rightly reset and I’ll hope for the best. Angry family texts incoming!