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by JumpCrisscross 944 days ago
> that means generation will become unprofitable

For that time period. At the same time, using energy becomes supremely profitable. This isn’t a weird quirk of the power markets; compute time is also instantaneous. It’s just less noticeable because we haven’t unified a market for it. These are amply solvable problems.

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> For that time period.

For the time period that the most common generators generate the most energy. By itself, that guarantees that there won't be enough investment to create excess renewables. Or at least that markets won't make that investment.

If you want excess renewables (and they are a safety and security necessity), you need to fund it by something that isn't interested on direct ROI.

> If you want excess renewables

Sure, agreed. I don’t think this is something we should necessarily want. But if it is, it would require subsidy.