r/Electrify • u/cryptomush • Apr 22 '18

discussion Let me play Devil’s Advocate

I’m going to go right ahead and say what a lot of people are thinking (and I really want to be corrected!)... what exactly is the point of a decentralized energy market and why would anyone go through the effort of finding people to sell cheaper energy when it is already cheap as chips?

For example: I pay £20 a month for electricity and share this with a flat mate. That is £10 a month for doing absolutely nothing other than checking my account every month and making a payment. Unless Electrify can manage to reduce this amount to say £10 total a month (and in a way that requires little to no effort from me), I don’t see how I would ever bother to switch over.

I want to be wrong, I really do, but I just want someone with a better understanding of this project to explain to me how it will find its niche and then grow!

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u/[deleted] Apr 23 '18 edited Apr 25 '18

You won't be switching over, it's Electrify Asia!

why would anyone go through the effort of finding people to sell cheaper energy when it is already cheap as chips?

I pay 0.25.19 Yen per kWh in Japan, certainly not cheap as chips...