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Then why are people dying? Is it something beyond the price of energy? Are there cultural issues of resistance to owning or using ac? I would like to learn more about this.

Lies, damn lies, and statistics. The author knows this number is only half the story, but trumpets it anyway. Yes, that’s the marginal energy price. And what about the average all in price, inclusive of tax subsidies? Why do you re-trumpet this stuff?

In a world of Giorgia Melonis hooked on natural gas, be a Pedro Sanchez

Great news

AIUI France's is cheap /because/ they export. They have installed capacity to meet the peaks not the troughs in demand, so they don't need to pay through the nose to service the peaks and they can often export at high prices during other people's peaks. Smart but would fail if everyone did it.

bsky.app/profile/john... It can get pretty egregious

I ask because I (DK) have a floating hour-to-hour electricity price. At around 14:30 I can see the next day's floating tariff and plan accordingly.

But the US isn't going solar because Donnie said it's bad. Loser!