> Because every industry has capital costs that you want to repay by using it as much as you can. that's the bit I don't quite understand - yes, in a simple ec

> Because every industry has capital costs that you want to repay by using it as much as you can. that's the bit I don't quite understand - yes, in a simple economic model where you want the numbers to go brrr, it makes sense, but is there a physical limit? could a country decide to own the big facility and use the excess electricity and sell the results to commercial ventures? the government can afford to have a piece of land taken that doesn't return a profit 100% of the time?