How about: there's no difference between actually free will and an infinite universe of infinite variables affecting your programming, resulting in a belief that you have free will. Heck, a couple million variables is more than plenty to confuddle these primate brains.
Evolution is cruel, and if that particular strain of stupid results in fewer successful offspring, maybe we're better off as a species.
I definitely read too much science fiction and think about this shit on a grand scale constantly, so sometimes I have to be reminded about being fucking human. And apparently these dumbass parents might need to be too.
I know the article says this is just something going around on social media, but fuck me, sometimes I go to a dark place and think maybe measles should win. Maybe evolution needs to cull this dipshittery.
Then I think of the kids who don't have a choice. Why are people so fucking dumb?
To a significant extent, they do, contracting for construction of generation and transmission (very often renewable), at least at the largest scale.
But, it's (mostly) all on the grid.
With demand like that, it's not like there isn't significant negotiation with the local power company, especially because they're frequently built a significant distance from existing large power infrastructure.
I also feel seen in a really weird way. That Corelle, the gray hot dish, the lump of "salad". Except the french cut beans. Mom never sprang for that. Dad did sometimes though.
But I was told the free market and competition would keep them in check, what gives CEOs?