You Spend More on Rust Than Gasoline (Probably)

[saberd]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RbiCOFffRs

[ZeroGravitas]

And cheap solar pv is a good option to save money on both.

You already get solar cathodic protection systems for underground steel pipes carrying gas and oil:

https://www.matcor.com/solar-powered-cathodic-protection-sys...

[killingtime74]

TLDW, rust here is the cost of metal oxidation not the programming language