Matt Levine's introduction to this story made me laugh: “If you have a certain sort of mind, you might think ‘no, people respond to incentives; if the grid pai

Matt Levine's introduction to this story made me laugh: “If you have a certain sort of mind, you might think ‘no, people respond to incentives; if the grid paid for every efficient lightbulb, we’d save more electricity.’ If you have a certain, not unrelated, sort of mind, you might think ‘well, if nobody is getting paid for installing these lightbulbs, maybe I should get the money.’”