Now we reduce consumption and let the magic happen. Turning off AI datacenters would be a good start
this post was submitted on 30 Apr 2026
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This oil and gas crisis is the best advertisement for renewables ever. We still barely feel the impact of how unprecedented the supply shortage because renewables soften the blow tremendously. 20 years ago a crisis like this would've ended entire states within weeks and throw half the globe into a deep depression.
Now? Now it's somewhere between very inconvenient and extremely uncomfortable. Ironically I think this is also why so many people don't take the situation serious enough. Like "Oh, even if there's an unprecedented oil crisis it's not that bad! See? Importing oil works!" Some people just never learn, I guess. But the economy will respond and bet even harder on renewables. It's inevitable.