Re: OT: EV Charging Stations Stripped of Copper Cables

On 10/07/2024 19:22, RJH wrote:

On 10 Jul 2024 at 18:48:09 BST, john larkin wrote:
 

Why end "capitalism"? Economic and intellectual plualism works.

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Because it's inefficient, immoral, exploitative, and thrives on social
injustice and inequality.
 

No, it isnt. Its actually the most efficient form of creating wealth until it gets into contact with governments.

So does a mixed economy of both private enterprise and publicly-owned
bodies if the size of the state sector can be constrained. Unfortunately,
states have a tendency to grow themselves if not kept in strict check and
this is in large part responsible for the truly *vast* debt burden now
carried on the back of so many Western countries.

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There's a race between government getting bigger and wasting ever more
resources, and technology making us more productive to support all
that waste.

 Not sure that holds on a number of levels - technology was supposed to result
in a 3 day week and prosperity for all when I was growing up in the 60s.
 

The problem is that Socialists mistake 'job creation' with 'wealth creation'

And I've just come across Jevons paradox while studying retrofit. The notion
that as technology increases efficiency and reduces cost, a sort of dumb
reaction happens, where people tend to consume more - 'leave the heating on -
it's an ASHP and hardly using any electricity' type of thing. Apparently it's
quite common in energy efficient homes.
 Maybe we're all just idiots and there's nothing to be done :-)

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