Magnetar comments on consider the implications for a post scarcity future

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[–] Magnetar@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Those still have to be connected to the grid. be maintained, cooled, controlled, all of which costs money.

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[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Okay? So does the entire rest of the grid.

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[–] blindsight@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago

The point is that those have a cost, so grid has to pay for them, essentially. Hence negative electricity prices.

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