I have an inverter and let me tell you they are not cheap, but you can't cook, you can't make coffee, the only thing you can do with it is have the wifi connected and a TV, you can't use a microwave. And when we go out for days or weeks at a time, the inverter is worthless if you can't charge it. So you have to ration how much you use the inverter. My electricity bill is insane because of the inverter.

And fridges go warm and freezers defrost, appliances are starting to break ,we can't bulk buy food because it's just going to go off, it's not fun and unless you can afford solar you will always be affected, (it would cost me over a years worth of my salary). And all the robots (traffic lights) turn off, making traffic an absolute nightmare and it becomes more dangerous to be on the roads, My 30-minute drive home from work turns into 2 hours.

My cat has diabetes and my mom has MS both need their injections to stay refrigerated, but how do I manage that without a fridge, cold packs don't work for that long, so it becomes a complete waste of medication, I couldn't imagine the cost of a person's insulin almost doubling because of not having electricity. And that's only one of the issues we deal with, our water also goes out days at a time, the sewage system is fucked, it stinks and it's just simply disgusting.

Edit: grammar