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elzbardicoyesterday at 12:44 PM1 replyview on HN

If the marginal value of electricity is negative, what matters if it is energy inefficient?


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lazideyesterday at 12:54 PM

Scale/quantity.

That ‘negative value’ electricity could also be used to do something else. And actually requires a lot of capital to produce. It isn’t actually free, it’s a side effect of another process that has restraints/restrictions.

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