Blame financial blunders and timid regulation, not privatisation

  • snacks@feddit.uk
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    1 year ago

    sort of, its surely not that simple. Its the same electrons whoever you buy them off, only the different types of generation and transmission depending where you live. Whats annoying about electrons is if we make them via wind or nuclear or solar its all priced in gas, so the cost of say a solar farm benefits the operator hugely and the customer is paying alot more for what is basically the sun which is still free to access.

    • Bernie Ecclestoned@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      Yep, which is why Spain’s inflation rate has fallen so quickly because they unlinked the gas price from electricity

      There is competition between electricity firms on price, unlike water though.

      But, the same principle doesn’t apply with trains. You can’t have multiple train opcos on the same route, it should be nationalised.