Alleged that gas companies created artificial shortage days before storm to boost demand and then charge elevated rates, which then caused blackouts

  • @[email protected]
    10•2 months ago

    Those companies, plaintiff’s lawyer Andrew Gould argued on Monday, “diverted natural gas before winter, to create artificial scarcity — thus driving up the price.”

    This would be hilarious if true. Capitalism strikes again.

    • @InternetCitizen2
      2•2 months ago

      I’d like to see the clowns at r/austrian_economics spin it.

  • @PoachEnglish
    5•2 months ago

    Ah yes, the private market working as intended.

  • @sanae
    3•2 months ago

    enron 2 electric boogaloo