Re:70% of surveyed Americans say they can't do their job wit...
by kortilla on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @04:51PM
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Electricity has economies of scale at play there. It wouldn’t be economical at the normal prices per kw if people were only charging phones.
Even ignoring that bit, electricity has different scaling considerations. Everyone’s computers don’t need access to special Youtube electricity and Twitter electricity. It all just comes from a localized grid and can come from any standard generation source.
Internet access would certainly be way cheaper if it didn’t provide global connectivity.
Even ignoring that bit, electricity has different scaling considerations. Everyone’s computers don’t need access to special Youtube electricity and Twitter electricity. It all just comes from a localized grid and can come from any standard generation source.
Internet access would certainly be way cheaper if it didn’t provide global connectivity.