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[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yet whenever prices for something go negative we're never paid for taking it off their hands.

[–] Dkarma@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's cuz it's not really negative in reality. That's not how services work.

Negative prices mean the companies are paying people to burn energy because too much energy in the grid is also a problem!

It's really meant for industry because a couple households turning on their hair dryers isn't going to cut it