And if that was the main concern we would be incentivizing people building out their own solar with battery setups, but the plebs paying less for energy isn't the goal.

I think the main thing you are missing about OPs post is that when it came to reducing costs for consumers, pollution, and greenhouse gasses, building out infrastructure for electric cars wasn't a priority and was vehemently fought. Now that its about making a bunch of billionaires 5% wealthier, there is nothing that will stop the build out. Energy infrastructure is now a major priority and this time at the expense of consumers.

[–] Drewfro66@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 3 days ago

And just like colonialists in Africa, they aren't building a railroad to help people get around their country or make their lives any easier, they're building a railroad from the mines to the port. Investment in infrastructure is not fungible; building new power plants and lines to service data centers does little (not nothing) to help the average person and if anything resources that would have been put into maintaining and expanding civilian service are being reallocated.