• leftytighty@slrpnk.net
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    1 month ago

    yeah that sure is a problem with everything needing to be profitable. I wish some people thought of a different system 100+ years ago

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      1 month ago

      Price is a very effective way to control demand though, it’s a big part of the reason we have a spot price electricity market. Even when all out generators were state owned, they operated on a state owned enterprise model of operation.