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HubcapMotors t1_ixjjjs0 wrote

Reply to comment by WengFu in We might be waiting a decade for solutions to CT's high energy costs by -ctinsider

Does it need to be profitable, though?

I mean, I get how a for-profit business needs to be profitable. But this is power generation, an essential part of a modern economy. We don't need a profit motive to make these nuclear plants.

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G3Saint t1_ixjnfsg wrote

this is a free market economy, power plants - solar gas wind nuke coal , are built by companies, not the government.

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HubcapMotors t1_ixjvd9m wrote

There are 44 million electric customers served by public utilities or not for profit co-ops: https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=40913

And ten percent of electricity generated in the US is generated in public power plants: https://www.publicpower.org/public-power/stats-and-facts

So it is a thing, we just need to make sure it's a thing here in Connecticut.

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G3Saint t1_ixjvoxr wrote

Oh, correct. But it is occurring in Connecticut.- wallingfird, jewett city, groton, third district of Norwalk.

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Charley2014 t1_ixjwayk wrote

To be honest, I don’t think a lot of people even know the meaning of a free market economy or how it applies to their day to day life.

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WengFu t1_ixjrvjy wrote

You are preaching to the choir but, unfortunately, that is not how our system works.

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