Colonial Pipeline said to have no plan pay hackers ransom

[Miguelito Loveless]

24. My point wasn't that I was unconcerned about this

or believed myself immune from it, but was in the context of my remark that if oil interests were involved in creating a fake shortage as one poster was postulating, it would return short terms gains, but utterly destroy their business long term by showing people how vulnerable they are to this type of thing.

I started driving electric in 2014 with a used 2012 Leaf. During that time there have been about 4 supply disruptions in my area due to pipeline failures and storms. After each one, at least one friend or co-worker has switched to EV/solar to escape gasoline/power disruption. In the last few days I have been peppered with questions about my EV. Every time something like this happens, more people switch. The drops become a trickle, and trickles, become streams, then rivers.

The pandemic has taught people to stock up on food because we can't rely on a government run by the incompetent. At the moment my pantry can get me through 6-8 weeks, but I am set for water, power and transport indefinitely. The more people who realize how vulnerable we are because of oil, the faster the transition will speed up.