Sure, but whether you go for a central funding model (which boils down to everybody pays regardless of use) or a user pays model, that decision has nothing to do with capitalism. In a non-capitalist system you could do either.
In fact in a capitalist model you could still do either. The utility could be privately owned but have just one customer, the government. It’s not a great idea, but it does happen.
Re:The worst drought in 1,200 years
by Dylan16807 on Thursday November 03, 2022 @02:37PM
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> In a non-capitalist system you could do either.
You could but there's much less reason to pick that way.
> The utility could be privately owned but have just one customer, the government.
The government being the only customer provides it a lot of control and I would say this is an obfuscation of state ownership more than it is actually capitalism.
I disagree with that being the problem. The way I see it, funding the utility via sales is the problem.
Let's say usage drops by 50% and costs drop by 10%. Under the current business model that's a disaster. Under a central funding model, hooray costs dropped!