Adding capacity to the electricity grid is not a simple task

Re:Adding capacity to the electricity grid is not a simple task by bluGill on Thursday April 06, 2023 @09:09AM (#35467862)

That cost comes out of the pocket of everyone else who has to pay more for electricity. As such it isn't good for society to allow high prices.

Land owners do need compensation, but we need to be careful to not let that compensation be any higher than it must be.

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Re:Adding capacity to the electricity grid is not a simple task by thomasjb on Thursday April 06, 2023 @12:00PM (#35470300)

Is it really not good for society to allow high prices? A high price on electricity would lead to consideration of alternate solutions, such as just not doing the thing which requires it or local power generation. The problem we have is that negative externalities aren't priced into fossil fuel alternatives

An advantage of increased awkwardness in dealing with local landowners would be that local organisations are incentivised to arrange a solution voluntarily, strengthening the local community, such as community owned and administered infrastructure that was constructed without government having to use eminent domain

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Re:Adding capacity to the electricity grid is not a simple task by eppp on Thursday April 06, 2023 @01:31PM (#35471633)

They pay one time pennies for land and run billions of dollars of value across it. It is insulting.

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