Re:Native American tribe insulates itself from CA blackouts ...
by erikpukinskis on Sunday January 05, 2020 @12:33AM
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Lots of things that make sense don’t happen because there’s no way to centralize the revenue.
It might be cheaper and more efficient to have 100 contractors split a billion dollar market. But one person who controls that market can afford to spend more on lobbying. They also will be unified in their needs and desires. Therefore they will win the culture war.
I do think this can change with computers, federation software can allow those 100 contractors to compete effectively with the one billionaire and offer the savings back to the end consumer. But those platforms are still early in their development.
It might be cheaper and more efficient to have 100 contractors split a billion dollar market. But one person who controls that market can afford to spend more on lobbying. They also will be unified in their needs and desires. Therefore they will win the culture war.
I do think this can change with computers, federation software can allow those 100 contractors to compete effectively with the one billionaire and offer the savings back to the end consumer. But those platforms are still early in their development.