Price of Storage, Price of Energy... What Next?
Fossil fuels or petrochemicals aren't just needed for transport (planes, trucks that move around food, tractors that plow fields); they're also used for fertilisers and all sorts of things "in the food chain". So there's expectation of food price increases, aside from cost of fuel inside the car (electric cars typically rely on power stations that use coal or some other "dark" energy source for combustion).
So while the media tells us to expect storage price to soar (this causes a panic buy or hoarding; in a sense what the media does serves to drive up the prices, in a sort of self-fulfilling prophecy loop) we can expect many other things to see price bumps. No, we're not going to talk about the politics behind that.
What does this mean for datacentres, new gadget purchases, or even ordinary bills (the other day our ISP suddenly sent everybody a letter announcing price hikes)? Everything is getting more expensive; it's happening rather fast (high inflation rates).
EPO workers are going on strike because their salaries don't keep up with price increases and tech companies without connections in "the channel" face long delays, low availability, and high prices (no "bulk" purchases), which further solidifies monopolies.
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Image source: Utility pole wires in the United States