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[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 30 points 3 months 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 3 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 3 months ago

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