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The future is never, then, because you'll still have to pay for how much copper (and everything else) is tied up in the delivery of power from the free power pl
by msandford 11y ago
The future is never, then, because you'll still have to pay for how much copper (and everything else) is tied up in the delivery of power from the free power plant to your house. Which isn't free.
- lloyd-christmas 11y agoThey never said "free" they said "too cheap to meter". The costs you mention are typically infrastructure related taxes, and aren't done on a per-usage basis.
- msandford 11y agoSo we're going to buy power based on our theoretical peak consumption? Like if I want 100 amps of 220V single-phase service to my house that's $X and if I want 200 amps of 3 phase 220V that's $2X? Or however it works? I'm not necessarily opposed to something like that, but then we'll be getting back into the "you sold me unlimited internet but it's not really unlimited because even if I use it at 100% capacity I can't consume infinite bandwidth, so there is in fact a real limit"