You can absolutely have a stab at it. Estimate how long models last for, amortise over that time/number of calls. We've seen enough models go out of fashion for that to be reasonably done.
Presumably because Sweden is selling some of that cheap power to Germany.
The solution to which is to generate even more power in Sweden (so you can sell it off cheap and have it cheap too) or that Germany produces power more cheaply so that it's not giving Sweden so much money for electricity. Both of these should happen if the market is set up well.
The company that runs it for the government, or the company who owns it for the government?
If the government owns the infrastructure, but outsources the day-to-day running to a company that's one thing. But if the infrastructure is owned by the third party then that's a lot harder to deal with.
> If the government owns the infrastructure, but outsources the day-to-day running to a company that's one thing
This is still very problematic. To be honest, even using foreign hardware or propietary software is problematic. But you should reduce dependence as much as possible because it is a huge vector that should the foreign government decide to turn on you openly or secretly, it could bring you down before you have a chance to detect what is happening. I believe wars between developed countries will operate at this level (i.e. by targeting foreign dependency chains whether it be national systems for id or simply cutting undersea cables)
I agree that it's still problematic. But you can recover from that by hiring your own staff and slowly taking over the running of the system. No doubt there would be issues, but it would be doable.
Recovering from "Your critical national infrastructure is physically owned by someone else" is much trickier.
"Who don't feel that they can join any local groups"
There's your problem. Fix that.
If there aren't any local groups then help create one. If there are, go along, meet some people, see what works for you, join a different one if you didn't like the first one, keep going until you've found your people.
If you feel like you can't go to a group then create a support group for people who feel like they can't go to groups. Or go online and find the virtual space for people like you and then travel to see those people (or invite them to see you).
But there is no fix for you having to socialise if you're lonely. You're going to have to find a way in.
You need to have the right levels of energy available at all times. But that doesn't mean baseload any more. Hasn't for ages. It means having a variety of different sources that tend to be available at different times, backstopped with something like gas turbines.
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