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Makes me think of Half-life 2

Solar power in sunny weeks, wind power in overcast weeks and hydro power in rainy weeks means electricity costs in Portugal and Spain have been incredibly low over the last year.

Newspapers here have been running articles saying the way the market works will make further investment and maintenance difficult because power generators are barely being paid. A few weeks ago for a couple of hours the price went negative in the wholesale market, meaning power generators had to pay to generate power.

A friend of mine decided to index his costs to the wholesale market and pays 4c/kWh, while with a normal power plan I'm paying 9-13c/kWh. Meanwhile coal, oil and gas guzzler Germany is paying 4x these prices. At least their geopolitical energy play worked out /s

Evangelion was written by an insane religious fanatic searching pointlessly for a divine reason for choosing to exist. You don't have to watch it, I release you.

In European Portuguese it's "Feira da Ladra", or "Fair of the (female) Thieve"

Actually, a Thai seafood producer bought Red Lobster and made it sell products like shrimp at a loss so it could move more product, allegedly. Patrick Boyle does a good dive into it: https://youtu.be/BEDFNcsC0JI

If property keeps getting built faster and faster it's just a matter of time until the bubble pops. Taxing empty property will accelerate that popping or at least deflate it.

There's no need for competition in the rental market because there isn't enough housing. The problem is multifaceted, people should look not only to taxes but also liberalizing zoning laws.

Don't tax anything remotely to do with building and owning property. Tax the fuck out of owning empty property

Pretty standard DIS episode, awith fate-of-the-galaxy stakes. The action scenes are always so boring, let's see some puzzle cracking! Also, if your Captain is constantly running point on away missions, they might be a thrill seeker. Beware the cliff edges.

It's from a Holodeck episode, I think Crisis Point 2.

Don't show this to the dutch.

Relevant XKCD

The state shouldn't be in the business of killing people.