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Re:Gravity Energy Storage: Alternative to batteries for grid... by jbms on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @07:02AM (#25656948)
In countries where big industry is gone the main demands become consumers, and so it becomes consumer loads on the grid that need to change to adapt to supply. That's more complicated than a few big industrial users being paid to turn off equipment. There's many more stakeholders to coordinate.
Re:Gravity Energy Storage: Alternative to batteries for grid... by WalterBright on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @04:36PM (#25662885)
> many more stakeholders to coordinate

That's the beauty of using price as a signal. People's self interest does the rest.

Markets are far too complex to be coordinated by central planning.