By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 20/04/2026They are going to throw away their water heaters, motorbikes, furnaces and cars and replace them with all-electric versions. They're going to cover their roofs and balconies with panels. The battery industry will experience a sustained boom. 38/ 1747
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 20/04/2026The fortunes fossil fuel companies are reaping from this shortage is their last windfall. The writing is on the wall. Trump opened Alaska for drilling and oil companies noped out because they couldn't find banks to would loan them the money to get started. It happened again in Venezuela. 39/ 38519
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 20/04/2026Energy is just one realm where Trump is doing praxis. One of the most exciting developments that Trumpismo's incontinent belligerence has induced is the global *technology* transition. 40/ 1582
Flauschdompteur @diebarschlampe.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Indeed. But it leaves a whole lot of countries and their economies *utterly wrecked* in the meantime. Europe and the US? We can afford paying top dollar for fossil fuels to sate our demand. Everyone else? Left to fight on their own, sometimes literally, for survival. 120
