• Sludgeyy@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    “Home electricity” sure a service. Little vague but could be a service.

    If I have solar panels on my house and store electricity in a battery. I am producing and storing a good. It would be home electricity.

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      1 day ago

      No argument there. If you’re off the grid you’re not getting electricity service to your house by a utility. Same if you buy your own milk at the store.

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        1 day ago

        You can still be on the grid and produce your own electricity. The electric company will even buy extra electricity from the consumer.

        Electricity or milk is a good. Milk delivery or electricity delivery is a service that delivers a good.

        No way you’d say “Milk” was a service, just like you shouldn’t say “Electricity” is a service. If you give more detail that makes it a service, then it would be a service.

        It was a bullshit question and the teacher didn’t want to admit that.

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          13 hours ago

          Definitely a bullshit question. Yes, “Electricity” is not a service without context like you said. But if I said what services does your house have? You could say “electricity” if you’re connected to an electricity service

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            11 hours ago

            Yep because you’re referring directly to the service. Which makes it a service.

            It was one of those word bank middle school questions