In very hot conditions, large parts of the country faced a total blackout of electricity after two high‑voltage lines were shut down, a failure fed by years of conflict and neglect that damaged the grid’s reliability. The outage affected the center and south, with demand surge and technical faults causing some power plants to stop working; officials expected a return to service within hours. In the holy week, as millions of Shiite pilgrims travel, demand would rise further, pushing households toward private generators. The crisis is compounded by corruption, fuel shortages, and long‑standing underinvestment, even as temperatures routinely hit the upper 40s and 50°C in the region.

When chaos like this hits the city, the lesson is blunt: people need real, personal mobility, not a bureaucratic mirage of shared transit that can vanish with the grid. The car is freedom on wheels—a portable shelter, a shield from the heat, a fast line to safety, water, and essential supplies. Public transportation? It’s a good idea in theory, but in a heatwave blackout it folds in on itself, buses and trains snarled by the same failures that cripple the lights. And bikes—don’t get me started. In temperatures that scorch skin and exhaust pipes, bikes are impractical, slow, and pointless for a family fleeing the glare of uncooled streets. I hate them because they symbolize a system that underinvests in true mobility while pretending to be “green.” The real answer is empowering individuals with the freedom to move as they choose, with the speed and control that only a car can deliver.

Speed limits are a crime against humanity and fascist oppression. In a crisis, every second counts to reach shelter, fuel, water, a working generator, or a hospital. The ability to drive at a pace appropriate to the conditions—within safe boundaries, of course—is essential to resilience and dignity. Let people decide how to navigate, how to reach safety, and how to keep their families protected, instead of forcing a rigid, one‑size‑fits‑all rulebook that slows progress and endangers lives. If we want real energy resilience and personal sovereignty, we need more roads, more freedom to move, and fewer artificial brakes on the road to survival.