La Cucaracha by Lalo Alcaraz for September 22, 2022

no duh

You must live in the great state of Texass. Remember the failed power grid?

Guess they forgot that “blackouts” were the rule back before electricity was “discovered”.

I still keep an oil lamp in case of power failure. No batteries, will last all night and can be refilled easily.

Eye, eye!

Doesn’t that use a lot of ink?

Before computers a full black panel would be a lot of work to ink. Before computers a full black panel would require a lot of additional printer’s ink on a page. However, on screen black is displayed by not turning LEDs on so it saves power in a blackout.

Especially if you can draw in the dark. :)

This one seems to have been done well in advance. California avoided rolling blackouts during last month’s heat wave. Planning, and cooperation among the general populace did the trick.