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Re:All poverty is energy poverty by JumpCrisscross on Monday September 05, 2022 @01:24PM (#32726772)
> we wouldn't need a mountain of EV subsidies to get companies to manufacture them and people to buy them

The consumer captures these purported gains, not the manufacturer.

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Re:All poverty is energy poverty by ClumsyPilot on Monday September 05, 2022 @02:01PM (#32727187)
this is key- peiple often think market will just magically adjust to most efficient solution, bur incentives must alight.

For example UK is one of the richest countries in europe, it has the most expensive housing in europe and it has the worst insulation in europe.

Landlord has no reason to imprive insulation, the tenant pays for utilities

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