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The thing is it doesn't need to be produced in the city. Cities are notoriously population dense. If you take into account the energy usage of the surrounding rural areas and the land area that they have, it starts to be a tiny proportion of all of the land area of a country, rather than a city.

First they came for my email address, and I did not speak out because I had nothing to hide. Then they came for my phone number, and I did not speak out because I had nothing to hide. Then they came for my precise location at all times, and I did not speak out because I had nothing to hide. Then they came for me and had evidence that I emailed a nearby business a month ago, called a nearby business last week and location data said I was nearby at the time of the crime and there was no data left to speak for me.

Did you mean 2989?

A SIM card only gives you cell phone service. The cellular modem on your phone still connect to towers you're still tracked by your IMEI, you can still make emergency calls, your phone is still pinging towers, you're just making things inconvenient for yourself

"A bunch of IF/THEN statements"

needs some gray bits from an earlier repair so you know for sure.

sand is cheap. steel is not.

based on all the questions you've posted lately you desperately need to talk to a psychologist. We don't know your situation, and you need an objective 3rd party with training, experience and a legal requirement of privacy to figure your issues out. Someone you can tell everything to, who won't share it, and can pick through your perceived and actual experiences to guide towards healing.

What happened?

You put all your eggs in one basket then let someone else carry it, that's what happened.

Headphones don't make you go deaf, it's the volume level. Just keep the volume low and your hearing will be fine.

People lie to themselves.

I want to eat healthy. I want to be a good person. I want to be understanding. Etc.

People want delicious food, to be an impervious god in eternal control of everything.