Basically companies don’t want to pay to make shit freeze-proof, or provide ample surplus to cover when emergency conditions spike demand… so they don’t.
Their unchecked ability to do cost-cutting / profit-maxing with inadequate infrastructure minimums set by government oversight = consumers bearing the consequences.
TL;DR - de-regulation.
Basically companies don’t want to pay to make shit freeze-proof, or provide ample surplus to cover when emergency conditions spike demand… so they don’t.
Their unchecked ability to do cost-cutting / profit-maxing with inadequate infrastructure minimums set by government oversight = consumers bearing the consequences.
I like your summary. I hate what it means.