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> Energy is not a transportable, fungible quantity the way dollars are. You mean energy and dollars aren't both transmitted up/down wires or moved around with
by wwweston 7y ago
> Energy is not a transportable, fungible quantity the way dollars are.
You mean energy and dollars aren't both transmitted up/down wires or moved around with mass that represents stored potential?
> It is entirely possible that the device one buys for $1000 would require more that $1000 of energy to make
This.... doesn't sound like a business model that will last long. Can you give a concrete example?
- jhayward 7y agoElectrical power does not cross oceans. Dollars do. A factory in China running on a local coal plant's energy does not pay the same cost that a factory in Texas would pay.