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consider the implications for a post scarcity future (slrpnk.net)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] hikaru755 7 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Except it'd be much less of a practical problem if the question "but who gets paid" would be taken out distributing excess energy.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

I agree, if the point had been we didn't have enough energy storage at the grid scale to accommodate the excess power I would agree with that. Instead, it points out the price.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

How about this: power generation and distribution is not as easy as you think, it requires lots and lots of infrastructure and maintenance and that has a cost. If prices go negative too much it might become a problem to keep that running. There, that wasn't so hard, now was it?

[–] hikaru755 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Negative prices are short-term self-regulation reactions of the market, they can't stay negative long-term, just because of how the system works. So I'm not sure what you're worried about.

Also, cut the condescending tone, it does nothing but make you look like an asshole.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

Condescending is what you get when you make everything into your favorite enemy