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We Didn't Just Get Expensive Electricity. We Built A System That Makes It Inevitable.
We Didn't Just Get Expensive Electricity. We Built A System That Makes It Inevitable.
Authored by William Murray via RealClearEnergy,
Most Americans don’t think about electricity until the monthly bill arrives.
It comes once a month, often quietly, but lately it’s landed like a thud. Heating your home now costs hundreds more a month than it did just a few years ago. You use the same appliances. You flip the same switches. Nothing in your daily life has changed – except the price.
Why?
When one looks inside the electricity system, the experience is...
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