They have said the plan all over Europe is to do rolling blackouts on businesses during the winter as that would be enough for people to stay warm, but then what when the packaging plants for frozen goods are shut down, toilet paper factories etc? People will be firing up diesel and petrol generators, because it is worth it, this will cause a shortage in gas and an increase in transport costs.
People thought the shortages during the pandemic were bad? People are going to go hungry this time.
In typical European fashion, people demand price controls on electricity to stop the greedy utility companies from price gouging.
Mass Blackouts incoming.
They have said the plan all over Europe is to do rolling blackouts on businesses during the winter as that would be enough for people to stay warm, but then what when the packaging plants for frozen goods are shut down, toilet paper factories etc? People will be firing up diesel and petrol generators, because it is worth it, this will cause a shortage in gas and an increase in transport costs.
People thought the shortages during the pandemic were bad? People are going to go hungry this time.
Sys Admins are probably shitting their pants, trying to find backup generators and line up fuel.
Plus there's a lot of industrial equipment that doesn't deal well with power being suddenly cut.
This is going to be fun to watch. From a great distance.
From a well stocked cabin. With ammo.