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by ihateyouall123 1150 days ago
Because the majority of people rent and have no control over this in their place Mr. spoiled rich guy
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Your electricity is unreliable because most people rent?

I don't understand the claimed causal relationship.

FWIW, I'm paying rent for my current apartment, we don't have a gas supply, and I've never had a power cut.

Indeed, while I am rich and do own an apartment back in the UK, roughly three quarters of the 16.5 years since I've last experienced a power cut was in property I pay rent for, and only about 4 years were in the flat I own and began collecting rent on when I left the country. Which, ah, also doesn't have a gas supply.

In any case, not sure what this is suppressed to have to do with reliably of the electricity supply — it's not like landlords get free shares in local power grid companies (or if we do, I missed the memo).

> Because the majority of people rent and have no control over this in their place Mr. spoiled rich guy

Sorry but this is nonsense. Your local power utility monopoly is what it is, completely unrelated to whether you rent or own.