that’s socialism
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We do have trickle down economies!
There was an article I read a while ago that kind of explained it. Basically, the increased datacenter demand forces the grid operator to build more capacity, which requires money. I think there are meetings where they decide how it is distributed across all their corporate and resident ratepayers. Basically the lobbyists argue that the since this new capacity technically benefits rate payers in the form of more capacity, they should take a share of it. Even though none of us are actually going to be using that capacity...
And it doesn't help at all that the grid companies are monopolies
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I participate in the "residential smart thermostat rewards" program where they can adjust my temps during high demand periods. In the past it has been like if it's 100F out they will bump my settings from 77 to 79 which is not a big deal and gets me like two weeks of free electricity.
This year those mother fuckers have been bumping the thermostat up to like 86 when it's 87 outside. Gee I wonder what the fucking difference is now? I can reject their temp settings in the app, but I can only do it like three times before they cancel my rewards. I'm half tempted to go wire up a little Arduino in series with the thermostat so I can control the AC without touching the smart thermostat if needed.
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Unpopular opinion, but when competing for a scarce resource, everyone pays more because it is more scarce. Then more gets created (at least in the case of power) and the system equalizes.
It would be better if there was a provision to cover the spike for ratepayers for some number of years.
Large data centers often pay less than home users (due to economies to scale)
businesses actually pay less for electricity than residentials, they get bulk discounts, residents get hikes.
Quebec has it right, citizens pay the cost of production and their price is protected. The power sold to Americans is sold at market price.
If I got that letter I'd be on the verge of going Paper Mario on that fuckin place
Yeah… Burn the data center down…
You have always paid for millionaires/billionaires projects. The government spends your taxes and gives it to their corporations to build infrastructure and weapons. How do you think we built railroads and space shuttles and tanks?
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