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So... You want to tax people to get free electricity. Then you want to make laws against people who use "too much". Then you need to tax more, to hire people to

So... You want to tax people to get free electricity. Then you want to make laws against people who use "too much". Then you need to tax more, to hire people to enforce the rules that you created. When will "less is more" come into play?

Broken_Hippo 5y ago
Taxation doesn't mean free. It is simply taxpayer funded. The vast majority of folks will use between x and y electricity (I am not privvy to such numbers). Having electricity is a life-saving measure as it means that folks will (theoretically) be able to have heat, cooling, cooking, and refrigeration: If we switch to all-electric water heating, it'll mean hot water as well. These things cover the biggest energy uses. As a bonus, it means that folks can do things like charge a phone and run a computer. But yes, I would charge folks for using too much.Crypto mining will put you well above the median use. You can have wide margins: 2-3 times median use for the house size and number of occupants - after offering an investigation to be sure folks aren't stealing their power. Few folks would go over this. Realistically folks are mining cryptocurrency to make a profit, making it a business, so we could just switch it over to a business account. It isn't like the system we use is more than this. We bill people every single month and process their payments as they come in: The vast majority of this would be completely gone. Most states in the US have their own Public Utility commission with their own rules and regulations on top of what federal regulatory agencies have - in part, these agencies set rules on how utilities can bill people, rules about payment plans, and rules about when they can shut people off. So much of this wouldn't be needed either. On top of this, we have a patchwork of regulations to help poor folks with their electric bills - which could be eliminated completely. I don't know how this is "less". I'm just proposing different, and probably simplified. I think people just get caught up on "But I don't wanna help them" or that it is "free".

Broken_Hippo 5y ago

Taxation doesn't mean free. It is simply taxpayer funded. The vast majority of folks will use between x and y electricity (I am not privvy to such numbers). Having electricity is a life-saving measure as it means that folks will (theoretically) be able to have heat, cooling, cooking, and refrigeration: If we switch to all-electric water heating, it'll mean hot water as well. These things cover the biggest energy uses. As a bonus, it means that folks can do things like charge a phone and run a computer. But yes, I would charge folks for using too much.Crypto mining will put you well above the median use. You can have wide margins: 2-3 times median use for the house size and number of occupants - after offering an investigation to be sure folks aren't stealing their power. Few folks would go over this. Realistically folks are mining cryptocurrency to make a profit, making it a business, so we could just switch it over to a business account. It isn't like the system we use is more than this. We bill people every single month and process their payments as they come in: The vast majority of this would be completely gone. Most states in the US have their own Public Utility commission with their own rules and regulations on top of what federal regulatory agencies have - in part, these agencies set rules on how utilities can bill people, rules about payment plans, and rules about when they can shut people off. So much of this wouldn't be needed either. On top of this, we have a patchwork of regulations to help poor folks with their electric bills - which could be eliminated completely. I don't know how this is "less". I'm just proposing different, and probably simplified. I think people just get caught up on "But I don't wanna help them" or that it is "free".