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consider the implications for a post scarcity future (slrpnk.net)
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[–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

in fact it's a free market that keeps the grid operating well

Like how in Texas's even freer market the power grid is even more stable than in evil communist California.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    No idea about the US. My frame of reference is an integrated European market in general and the Nordic integrated spot market in particular, which uses Swedish hydro and Danish wind on top of nuclear, biogas and wood pellet market.

    Seems to work well enough: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/co-emissions-per-capita?tab=chart&time=1961..latest&country=USA~DNK~SWE~NOR

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    Which I think reinforces my point. The Nordic states are much more highly regulated than the US, and Texas went so far as to disconnect their grid to make it even less regulated. So now it collapses at the drop of a hat, and people get electric bills in the thousands of dollars.

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