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Re:Three Mile Island nuclear plant restart in Microsoft AI p... by mpweiher on Friday September 20, 2024 @10:26AM (#41602345)
There is nothing inherent or natural about that scenario, it is all due to the failure to properly design electricity markets.

See also: the 2001 California electricity crisis.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000–2001_California_electrici...

See also: Enron

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000–2001_California_electrici...

If we have designed our markets to price cheap, reliable electricity out of the market and instead prefer expensive unreliable electricity, we've really f*ed up.

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