Grid Decentralization???

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>Not all utilities charge a transmission fee based on usage. In fact
>the fixed costs for a transmission grid far outweigh the variable
>costs of transmitting greater or lessor amounts of power. It doesn't
>make sense to charge per kWh. The fact that it is done so in your
>jurisdiction is indicative of utility regulations and not market
>principles.

Actually, the market principles are still there, albeit hidden from view.
Municipalities fund projects by issuing bonds, which they then pay off (with
interest) over many years - even 100 years in some cases. They use the
revenues generated by the services they provide, and possibly taxing
authority, to pay for these issues. Before Paul can make a case for the
evils of taxation authority, let me remind you that bonds are actually a
loan from the public at large, and no one but a fool makes a loan without
reasonable assurance of repayment - this assurance is, in many cases, given
by the taxation authority backing up the bond.

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>> > Still, even gridless operation of SSPS ignores social issue of
> > centralization of economic and political power in the SSPS cartel,
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>Big deal. You're living in a complex world built on many
>interdependencies. It is wishful thinking to expect to go back to
>the days of village living and a trend of anti-specialization.
>That's the road to the poorhouse.
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>Rather than stating centralization is evil why don't you try to make
>a case for it. I don't buy into your statement at all when I
>consider the alternatives you advocate.
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>TangoMan
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Exactly what I have been saying... Paul is living in with a very different
world view in which social engineering can be accomplished without regard
for cultural inertia, basic economic principles, and plain old human
psychology. Not to mention technical feasiblity! Paul - own up to your
political agenda!

Val