freediver wrote on May 23
rd, 2024 at 12:24pm:
Whether it is a commodity is also irrelevant. By that argument you could say that wheat needs to be grown by the government.
Ok, but commodities differ: maybe not wheat, but certainly not grapes, or fish, or canola, or lettuces or pumpkin or grapefruit or kiwi fruit ...or whatever food derived from those products YOU prefer to eat; ie YOU only choose between a
fraction of the varieties of food made available to the market.
Better if the government doesn't try to choose which food you prefer...BUT, it's better if the government provides the electricity you need, to avoid market failure associated with monopolistic profit seekers in the production and wholesale/retail markets.
Quote:Why should people not be allowed to own their own solar panels?
er ...nobody except you is saying that.
It's the connection with the
privately owned grid and elecricity producers/marketers which is creating the present madness of charging people for the electricity they produce on their own roofs.
Keeping trying, you'll eventually run out of absurd questions...