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[Rematog]

PD may well be right….in the long run. But the local community will need to have a line crew to run the power distribution lines and will need to contract expert maintenance services for the FF modules. Power will get much cheaper and the local power “utility” will be a source of patronage jobs, similar to the local road crew.

But, the power will get cheaper DESPITE the local control/ownership. The FF module will make it cheaper. The local control/patronage jobs will absorb part of the cost savings. There is an economy of scale in power distribution. Walmart is much cheaper then a mom & pop store. They take over because the large scale operation is much more cost effective then a small scale operation.

Remember, the mom & pop store only made money for mom & pop, and then often not a lot. If they had any employees, they generally paid low wages with no benefits…just like Walmart.

Big business has many, many, problems….but small local business often has a different set of problems. It isn’t a perfect world.