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[-] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

Even if our energy market wasn't profit driven, we would still have a shortage of energy, and either we would be burning up fossil fuels at an astonishing rate and a huge loss, or a number of heavy power users would be shutting down.

Price is one way we have to control demand, but if we didn't use it, we would need another system instead.

this post was submitted on 02 Oct 2024
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