you’re right, sex workers take deposits for this specific reasons and have autonomy and agency, it’s weird and outdated to deny [probably] women that
thanks for pointing that out it’s a big plot hole and very much unlike the energy market. although maybe deposits would be an improvement to the energy market
no, because it's not your typical cost of carry problem. Oil barrels will not spontaneously combust if you leave them at the plant, and you can control the rate at which you produce them. And the problem is contained at the point at which a seller is left holding the goods.
The electric grid will always distribute the load _somehow_, but the way that happens if there's not enough buyers will have far reaching consequences that are uniuqe to this utility. AND you do not have full control of the production of electricity, which means you don't have the means to react ro a surge unless you have enough sinks distributed _across_ the network.
If this is easier for you to understand, you might have a problem.