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#oil crisis

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Close-up of a weathered hand reaching for a light switch on a cracked concrete wall in darkness, warm amber light from a distant explosion visible through a window, dust particles floating in the dying light, a child's drawing pinned to the wall, war photography style, photojournalistic realism

Apr 7, 2026 • 14 min read

Trump Says 'A Whole Civilization Will Die Tonight'

Trump told 93 million Iranians their civilization will die tonight. The US did this to Iraq in 1991. 28 power plants destroyed. 4% power output. An estimated 100,000 civilians dead from collapsed water and sanitation. Baghdad still gets three hours of electricity a day, 35 years later. Iran is four times that population, and its grid was already failing before the first bomb fell.

#Iran war #war crimes #civilian infrastructure

A residential electricity meter glowing red-hot, caught between a wall of flame from an oil refinery on one side and the blue glow of server racks on the other.

Mar 26, 2026 • 13 min read

What If Your Power Bill Is the Next Casualty of War?

Residential electricity prices surged 9.5% in January 2026. Natural gas averaged $7.72/MMBtu the same month. AI data centers added $9.33 billion in capacity costs to the PJM grid. None of these are the same crisis. All of them hit the same mailbox.

#electricity prices #oil crisis #AI data centers