Unpräzise formuliert und schwer nachvollziehbar. Abregelung kann aber eine sinnvolle Flexibilitätsoption mit hohem volkswirtschaftlichen Wert sein. Interessenvertreter wären mM gut beraten sich für die beste Nutzung dieses Instruments einzusetzen, statt generell abzulehnen.

It is true some of this discontent is manufactured by talk shows and right-wing media and social media. But some of it is real.

By doing so, we could determine socially optimal energy systems, accounting for economic, social and environmental factors instead of merely minimizing private costs. 🎉

However, we know they aren’t. One market imperfection is the negative externalities caused by wind turbines, for example, their impacts on surrounding areas. If we could quantify these costs, we could internalize them in our models, much like we do with carbon pricing.