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I think that many people here bristle (me included) at the notion of treating electricity as nonfungible. I think there are at least two reasons for that: *

by robryk 12y ago

I think that many people here bristle (me included) at the notion of treating electricity as nonfungible. I think there are at least two reasons for that: * There seems to be a slippery slope once power companies start to care what do you use your electricity for. * People are possesive of stuff that is inside their home and do want to retain control over it. I think most of those people (me included) would be happy to have a varying price of electricity instead.

XorNot 12y ago
Except electricity really isn't completely fungible. It entirely dissimilar to something like oil, where once it's transported to a location it's out of your control. If you wanted it to look more fungible, you'd have to give up watt billing and accept volt-amps instead, and even then, what you do to the power line does affect other users regardless. It's only fungible in as much as we've broadly regulated it to act so. Moreover, the notion that there's a slippery slope is as fallacious as it has ever been. What additional change will be implemented without forethought or public debate, that this change implies?