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Texas power prices soar 20,000% as brutal heat wave sets off emergency
(markets.businessinsider.com)
this post was submitted on 16 Sep 2023
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Don't worry everyone. The free market will take care of this for sure! Deregulated private companies always have the best interests of the consumers at heart!
The free market is trying to supply renewables, they are cheaper, more flexible and simple to deploy, the free market loves that shit.
It's vested interests fighting it at every turn that's the issue.
Yeah, those vested interests are part of the free market.
You don't get to cherry pick this
It doesn't seem like a very "free" market with lobbyists, subsidies, and pet politicians propping up the establishment entities in every corner of the market. Too big to fail and all that.
@hoot @L4s The free market will eventually take care of it, although it might take decades or longer to do so. If you don't want to wait decades, then regulate it.
I think that other comment was sarcasm
But how do we know? They didn't use the sarcasm font!