blog! “I think "Law 3.0" is OK, actually”
I recently came across a post about "The Energy Bill 2023 and the Fusion of Technology and Law - We are going to be governed under 'Law 3.0', and we won't like it one little bit". It is a superficial look at the "horrors" of being governed by technical measures. It starts off reasonably enough […]
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@Edent excellent post - thank you .. I hope @davidallengreen sees it! #policy
@Edent As with all legislation the key is how it's enforced. What I suspect would happen is the rich (who would also tend to be the highest polluting) would find workarounds which are probably worse (local generators, just paying the fines etc) whereas the rest of us are hit with brownouts.
@alanbrookland how is that any different from what happens now?
Also the rich - like me - are more likely to have solar power and other efficient ways of generating electricity.
@Edent It's a societal ownership thing for me I think. I'd like to see more services being universal, regardless of your skills/income as that way there's an incentive for those in power to make them better. If electricity becomes another two tier provision then the motivation to improve things goes down.
Make those rules universal (and have them managed just based on pollution/environment levels not factory X needs more power) then I'm in.
@alanbrookland I don't see how that's different from what is being proposed.
Of course, if you charged up your phone's battery the night before then you "escape" these provisions.
@Edent To take the car example. I would imagine you'll
a) Have a bunch of people demanding exemptions for their expensive 'classic' car
b) Have more people concerned about the monitoring data/rules being misused by the government or sold on to third parties
If you can precisely define how the rules/data will be used (with non overridable mechanisms to stop them being misusued), anonymise the data (using auditable techniques) and block exemptions (with subsidies if necessary) then fine.
@Edent I would see charging up your phone the night before (when usage was lower) as changing your behaviour so 'desirable'. If your response is to go buy a big generator though, then that's not helping.
Perhaps rather than personal solar we should encourage people instead to spend that money on community solar instead. Give discounts on your usage until your expenses are covered but everyone gets to use it and discounts for all when the costs are covered.
@Edent I mean, energy policy aside, delegated powers are still a damn mess.
@Edent So often I see articles where the author argues for freedom when their biggest complaint is, in reality, convenience.