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Am I being too pessimistic to think we would actually get the same electricity costs if we are lucky and 1/3 more profits going up to the executive portion of t
by Mistletoe 2y ago
Am I being too pessimistic to think we would actually get the same electricity costs if we are lucky and 1/3 more profits going up to the executive portion of the company?
- haliskerbas 2y agoIt could even go up, the customers will cover the cost of transitioning to new tech!
- toomuchtodo 2y agoIf you have enough space for distributed solar generation, you buy the batteries and go off grid (if your local jurisdiction will allow it; if they don't, prepare to politik and fight for the right to so you're not trapped into their profit extraction through local code and/or financial and regulatory mechanisms [see below citations]). The Secret Society Raising Your Electricity Bills - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43151865 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43151865 - Feb 2023 https://prospect.org/environment/2025-02-21-secret-society-raising-your-electricity-bills/ https://prospect.org/environment/2025-02-21-secret-society-r...
- superturkey650 2y agoI think the most likely case is that electricity prices go down but demand goes up as devices more eagerly use power so you end up with an electricity bill that stays consistent.