Oddbean new post about login | logout @2fd7551e It's a societal ownership thing for me I think. I'd like to see more services being universal, regardless of your skills/income as that way there's an incentive for those in power to make them better. If electricity becomes another two tier provision then the motivation to improve things goes down. Make those rules universal (and have them managed just based on pollution/environment levels not factory X needs more power) then I'm in.
@27422d7f I don't see how that's different from what is being proposed. Of course, if you charged up your phone's battery the night before then you "escape" these provisions.
@2fd7551e To take the car example. I would imagine you'll a) Have a bunch of people demanding exemptions for their expensive 'classic' car b) Have more people concerned about the monitoring data/rules being misused by the government or sold on to third parties If you can precisely define how the rules/data will be used (with non overridable mechanisms to stop them being misusued), anonymise the data (using auditable techniques) and block exemptions (with subsidies if necessary) then fine.
@2fd7551e I would see charging up your phone the night before (when usage was lower) as changing your behaviour so 'desirable'. If your response is to go buy a big generator though, then that's not helping. Perhaps rather than personal solar we should encourage people instead to spend that money on community solar instead. Give discounts on your usage until your expenses are covered but everyone gets to use it and discounts for all when the costs are covered.