alt Hacker News> Please see that "there was no government mandate" is not the same as "a government mandate isn't possible".
I agree with this, a government mandate is absolutely possible. But I am also saying that they will never choose to do it.
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JumpCrisscross • yesterday at 8:09 PM
> I am also saying that they will never choose to do it
If this article were posted when this campaign was just starting, this would be a top HN comment. Unfortunately, lazy nihilism runs deep in tech circles.
BugsJustFindMe • yesterday at 6:15 PM
Well, maybe the next one will given that the one that didn't was just fired for it and now there's a lawsuit against the city and the developer.
I wonder if the best way, and something that might be more likely to pass, is something like "progressive pricing".
Like the first N kilowatt hours are the regular price, and would cover the average case for most people (I don't know what the average amount of electricity used by a person is but the power companies absolutely know). Then the next M kilowatt hours are an increased price, and keep going as energy spikes up.
I think this could work just because this is how income tax works. Somehow that managed to get passed by congress and state legislatures.