Re:The Texas electric grid failure was a warm-up
by londons_explore on Friday January 21, 2022 @05:17AM
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> People in the cold need some heating, so no matter how high the price is there's going to be a floor of how much energy will be consumed.
Not really... If the price were too high, people could decide to move in with a friend for a bit, or live from their car.
This is far better than rolling blackouts, because each individual person can decide if they want to spend $$$$$'s on heating, or to make big quality of life sacrifices. In the rolling blackout case, there is the same amount of electricity distributed, yet users don't get the choice anymore.
Not really... If the price were too high, people could decide to move in with a friend for a bit, or live from their car.
This is far better than rolling blackouts, because each individual person can decide if they want to spend $$$$$'s on heating, or to make big quality of life sacrifices. In the rolling blackout case, there is the same amount of electricity distributed, yet users don't get the choice anymore.