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> Solar will get too cheap to connect to the power grid this reminds me of "to cheap to meter": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too_cheap_to_meter https://en.wi
by m463 2y ago
> Solar will get too cheap to connect to the power grid
this reminds me of "to cheap to meter":
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too_cheap_to_meter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too_cheap_to_meter
When the reporters asked him about the quotation and the viability of "commercial power from atomic piles," Strauss replied that he expected his children and grandchildren would have power "too cheap to be metered, just as we have water today that's too cheap to be metered."
> Most of the world's solar power was installed in the past 30 months
This is pretty impressive.
- physicsguy 2y ago> just as we have water today that's too cheap to be metered This is amusing to me as it’s very common to have metered water in Europe
- tqi 2y agoThe wikipedia article continues: "Prior to 1985, water meters were not required in New York City; water and sewage fees were assessed based on building size and number of water fixtures; water metering was introduced as a conservation measure." Most places I've lived in the US have been metered.
- bahmboo 2y agoWater is metered in the US
- m463 2y agonot everywhere (or possibly not for everyone?). Rented plenty of places where water was NOT metered.