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jvm
·2년 전·discuss
If consumers paid close to wholesale rates for their home energy they would be highly incentivized to do these sorts of things: they'd pay almost nothing (or maybe even less than nothing) in the day and big bucks from 5 PM to 8 PM. There would be whole industries helping people shift consumption to daylight hours. Unfortunately legislatures have consistently been acting to shield consumers from variable time of day costs, preventing behavior adjustment.
jvm
·3년 전·discuss
Welcome to the atomized mode! https://meaningness.com/atomized-mode
jvm
·5년 전·discuss
This is such an annoying argument.

The government gave $18B to the SLS and so far has vapor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Launch_System

The government spent $211B on the shuttle program and got 133 launches. SpaceX will probably surpass that number this year at a fraction of the cost.

NASA's record on rockets since Apollo has been abysmal.

I don't think government is necessarily bad (the Russians did a much better job in recent decades!) but it leans into its failures and often has bad incentives. SpaceX fails fast, has great incentives, and has achieved an incredible amount on a (comparatively) shoestring budget.