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Passionate about drug abuse & verbal abuse (i.e. British). Humble shit stacker. Dyxlessic. Also into humor. I touch on many different and varied topics. I'm not here to be a bitcoin fanboi. I'm here for the freedom and the opportunity to build something better. Shop local. Act local. Think global. "All censorships exist to prevent anyone from challenging current conceptions and existing institutions." -- George Bernard Shaw A truly open mind must be necessity be available to evaluate all propositions, also the unpalatable and heretical. - Me

It can be privately owned and run, yes, but experiences with for example, privately run water utilities in England has shown that it results in both major problems with water supply reliability, water cleanness and constant cost rises, since it is run for-profit.

Utilities also tend to fall under Natural Monopolies since competition is usuallynot economic - a sa parallel experiences with cable internet providers in the USA shows.

#Germany is currently producing around ~30 GW of Solar electrical #energy today and is still burning ~8 GW worth of coal.

Abolishing German nuclear power was a criminal mistake.

https://app.electricitymaps.com/zone/DE/72h/hourly

I don't mean "giving people free stuff" as such. Most of the example I bring up concern things that cannot realistically be taken for private gain, for example a stretch of paved road, water pipes, sanitation and drainage, a local fire department, designated forestry and wildlife areas, public libraries, public toilets and the like. ie. more or less things that fall uneer classical Public Goods.

Yes, since its an entirely hypothetical scenario, its hard to put a concrete value on what woukd be contributed to a certain project.

The percentage is a psychological question of how much you are willing to give away to others or a local, common good, assuming all your own needs were met. This is what I'm trying to gauge.