re: #291 lostlakehiker

But again, does it actually serve any sensible purpose to set things up so that it is rational for the poor to AC to 70 in the summer, while the middle class looks at its power bills and sets it at 80? Because with unmetered power, why not? I’m not saying that the poor always get unmetered power. I’m just pointing out that metering resources helps allocate them rationally.

The economy is not improved by that kind of allocation of kwH’s.

I’m cool with the poor getting central air. Not that I had it when I was a young parent. Or when I was a young child. But—-they, too, should use it sparingly, as I have always done when I did have it.

Pfft. If they even have AC. That’s a load of crap and you know it. If they do have AC it’s broken down. You ever heard of slum lords? Well that’s real.