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<blockquote data-quote="thaumaturgy" data-source="post: 59687481" data-attributes="member: 169303"><p>In the same way that I can have a bunch of battery powered items in my home <em>yet the electic company is still a "natural monopoly"</em>.</p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>Really? So you are going to drop "the grid" altogether? Because that's one of the biggest barriers to entry. You going to outfit each home with its own solar? That's good. I installed a solar panel on my house and I haven't paid an electricity bill in over 2 years now. But it still hooks into the grid.</p><p> </p><p>Wind power? That's a bit trickier. Relatively localized. Not sure you could make it work on a house-by-house basis.</p><p> </p><p>So, yes, if you get rid of <strong>distributed power grids</strong> you will have a fall of a natural monopoly. Don't count on it happening soon.</p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>No they exist because your proposed ideas are just that: ideas. Only small scale and won't work on a larger scale without a huge capital investment. We went into some amout of debt (short term) to install solar. I guess poor people are S.O.L., huh?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="thaumaturgy, post: 59687481, member: 169303"] In the same way that I can have a bunch of battery powered items in my home [I]yet the electic company is still a "natural monopoly"[/I]. Really? So you are going to drop "the grid" altogether? Because that's one of the biggest barriers to entry. You going to outfit each home with its own solar? That's good. I installed a solar panel on my house and I haven't paid an electricity bill in over 2 years now. But it still hooks into the grid. Wind power? That's a bit trickier. Relatively localized. Not sure you could make it work on a house-by-house basis. So, yes, if you get rid of [B]distributed power grids[/B] you will have a fall of a natural monopoly. Don't count on it happening soon. No they exist because your proposed ideas are just that: ideas. Only small scale and won't work on a larger scale without a huge capital investment. We went into some amout of debt (short term) to install solar. I guess poor people are S.O.L., huh? [/QUOTE]
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