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So update that regulation to a version that assumes competition. Force power companies to deliver power to a percentage of the unprofitable customers roughly pr
by willcipriano 3y ago
So update that regulation to a version that assumes competition. Force power companies to deliver power to a percentage of the unprofitable customers roughly proportionate to their total market share of the profitable customers. Could also force the encumbant to rent unprofitable customers at their cost to upstarts to make it easier for them, sort of like carbon credits.
- roughly 3y agoAlternatively, we could recognize the incredible amount of effort we’re putting into trying to make the profit motive be sufficiently aligned with our wants and the paltry results of even those Herculean efforts and recognize that this might be one of those places where a market solution is a poor fit. “With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine.”
- willcipriano 3y agoThis isn't really a incredible effort. It's mostly not doing things, namely enforcement of the monopoly that allows this large surplus to exist.