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Efficiency is extremely important on mobile. It is important in the datacenter. And finally it's becoming important on the desktop, too. Maybe not in the USA, b

Efficiency is extremely important on mobile. It is important in the datacenter. And finally it's becoming important on the desktop, too. Maybe not in the USA, but in Europe the prices went by the roof. This might have some positive consequences, with people becoming more and more aware of the fact that electricity is not practically free. I'm afraid we will face a similar story with water.

kennend3 4y ago
Maybe you should restructure your energy market so it is not so "profit driven" to avoid shock pricing? Our electricity prices going back to 2006 : https://www.oeb.ca/consumer-information-and-protection/electricity-rates/historical-electricity-rates https://www.oeb.ca/consumer-information-and-protection/elect... It has gone up over time, but no "shock price hikes". To change the rate, you need government approval and politicians are not fond of hiking rates and losing votes. Basic essentials need "user fees" so there is not blatant waste, but perhaps having controls in place is a good thing? In Ontario (and most of Canada) we regulate Natural gas, electricity and water rates to prevent "gouging". Power rates in Quebec are even lower thanks to their massive hydro electric generation which is extremely cheap and this is passed to the consumers. Ontario is mostly Nuclear, which costs more to generate vs hydro hence our higher rates.
- dvfjsdhgfv 4y ago
  > Maybe you should restructure your energy market so it is not so "profit driven" to avoid shock pricing? Well, it's a long story, but in short, Germany insisted on gas from Russia for two reasons: 1) it was cheaper than from other sources, 2) politicians hoped that they can somehow civilize Putin in this way. It didn't work well, and Mrs Merkel is embarrassed by it (I don't even mention previous chancellors).

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Efficiency is extremely important on mobile. It is important in the datacenter. And finally it's becoming important on the desktop, too. Maybe not in the USA, b

by dvfjsdhgfv 4y ago

kennend3 4y ago
Maybe you should restructure your energy market so it is not so "profit driven" to avoid shock pricing? Our electricity prices going back to 2006 : https://www.oeb.ca/consumer-information-and-protection/electricity-rates/historical-electricity-rates https://www.oeb.ca/consumer-information-and-protection/elect... It has gone up over time, but no "shock price hikes". To change the rate, you need government approval and politicians are not fond of hiking rates and losing votes. Basic essentials need "user fees" so there is not blatant waste, but perhaps having controls in place is a good thing? In Ontario (and most of Canada) we regulate Natural gas, electricity and water rates to prevent "gouging". Power rates in Quebec are even lower thanks to their massive hydro electric generation which is extremely cheap and this is passed to the consumers. Ontario is mostly Nuclear, which costs more to generate vs hydro hence our higher rates.
- dvfjsdhgfv 4y ago
  > Maybe you should restructure your energy market so it is not so "profit driven" to avoid shock pricing? Well, it's a long story, but in short, Germany insisted on gas from Russia for two reasons: 1) it was cheaper than from other sources, 2) politicians hoped that they can somehow civilize Putin in this way. It didn't work well, and Mrs Merkel is embarrassed by it (I don't even mention previous chancellors).