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Regulation on electricity works no where. Germany being the best "European" example of how a government has managed to destroy a market to the point that the on
by konjin 6y ago
Regulation on electricity works no where. Germany being the best "European" example of how a government has managed to destroy a market to the point that the only reason Germany has power for half the year because France is next door.
- ben_w 6y agoIsn’t French electricity dominated by Electricité de France, which is 85% state-owned?
- konjin 6y agoYes, and look, France has the only working energy market in Europe. Turns out telling businesses what they can and can't do just means they hire smarter people to do what they want in more convoluted ways.
- ben_w 6y agoYou aren’t giving me (software nerd, not quant) enough to latch onto to either agree, to disagree, or even to learn something new. If you have time, I’d suggest reading the following, and — if you feel like it — rephrasing your argument: https://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Inferential_distance https://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Inferential_distance
- konjin 6y agoQuite frankly teaching the average person about how the grid works is as hard as teaching the average astrologer about astronomy and even less worth while. The number of times I've been downvoted to invisibility and flagged makes it completely not worth my time unless I'm talking to someone interesting who has an idea already. Unfortunately you tick neither box. If you're interested my hourly rate for this type of work is $300, you're welcome to commission a report on the country of your choice.
- ben_w 6y ago> The number of times I've been downvoted to invisibility and flagged makes it completely not worth my time unless I'm talking to someone interesting who has an idea already. I totally understand the sentiment; thing is, this isn’t a quant forum, it’s mostly tech, and even then more software than hardware — either you should take the downvotes as a hint to simplify, or as a hint to not bother with that topic here. Again, I really do sympathise with your frustration: no matter how I try, I can’t get non-programmers to understand even the basics of cryptography and why police master-keys/backdoors are a bad idea.
- ZeroGravitas 6y agoI had to go back and check that you were the same person who suggested: > Nationalization of the grid assets and a massive nuclear building spree is the only solution I'm not sure even you know what you want.
- konjin 6y agoRegulation and nationalization are two different things. Only in America could the two be conflated. A market does not work for a natural monopoly.