Play Ball and Fight FascistsPassed two gas stations on the way to open studio, one 4.00/gal and the other 4.10/gal.
The $4.00 a gallon place is where I usually go - was 3.69 not even two weeks ago.
At what point are we going to see return to office mandates turned around?
Anathema Device@cafechatnoir petrol is over US$6.30 a gallon here in Australia
Sindarina, Edge Case Detective@cafechatnoir The IEA already recommends working from home more.
Jeri Dansky@cafechatnoir Well, if that happens, it might be the one good thing to come out of the current situation.
Oh, and something someone mentioned today that I'd not even thought of:
All those AI data centers? They're not running on solar power...
It could rapidly become completely unaffordable to operate them.
@cafechatnoir Except the AI companies seem fine with losing money hand over fist, so who knows if data center costs will faze them.