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Originally Posted by Logic
(Somehow I've made it onto oil pan's 'Ignore' list. [Shrug]
There's a filter you can set up so you don't even see my posts.
Shout if you want a hand with that! 
My comments on price and that sort of control are universal) |
Quoting makes the comments appear though. I've never 'ignored' a forum member before, because I could simply not read something I don't want to read. If I were to use the ignore feature, it would be to block stuff I'm in wild agreement with, because echo chambers are boring and not useful.
The fella on the right has the most thorough analysis, that politics has created a situation where power is no longer reliable.
While freebeard doesn't trust a thermostat unless it's got a mercury tilt switch in it, that doesn't solve the problem of insufficient power. If people leave their AC on when there is insufficient power, the power goes out anyhow. Is it better to have an entire house without power, or just the AC?
So, switching AC off is a better solution than switching the house off, but is still an inferior solution to generating a sufficient amount of energy to run everything.
My utility pays me to have control over the thermostat. I can override the control, which forfeits that payment. It's super easy to game the system as well, since they announce the day they will increase the AC setpoint. You simply lower the AC setpoint on that day so that their increase brings the temperature right back to where you want it, AND you retain compliance with the opt-in program.