You're probably paying for free energy. It seems like a worthwhile arrangement, as that's not all you're paying for; it's part of a package, but it's the part you're paying for for which those you are paying don't have to pay anything at all. The acquisition and farming of land and the exploitation of other resources and labor all have overhead, as in costs. But the biggest overhead is an energy source that's free of charge.
As such you'd be paying someone else to use the energy on your behalf even though no one is technically forced to give up the advantage of this free energy: Basically, you could adopt or could have adopted an agricultural lifestyle that makes good use of it to cultivate the majority of your nutritional intake. Naturally, your inherited means and class and lifestyle will help determine how viable an option this would be.
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Chronos Disease and Jung's Cure
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