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re: Texans thermostats raised remotely without their knowledge during “energy saving event”
Posted on 6/18/21 at 5:59 pm to 777Tiger
Posted on 6/18/21 at 5:59 pm to 777Tiger
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both my parents were born on the kitchen table of their respective family's house, no electricity, running water, and obviously no toilets, little Brocelyn would have been just fine
The hyperbole of a child, even an infant, will overheat at 80 degrees defies the number of people that lived cradle to grave in homes in the South without any A/C. Admittedly they were better fixed with window or attic fans than most today but discomfort does not equal dangerous and 80 degrees is merely discomfort.
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Posted on 6/18/21 at 6:10 pm to efrad
Hence why I don’t have a NEST or other smart devices of that type.
Bad enough Amazon already has wire taps here.
Bad enough Amazon already has wire taps here.
Posted on 6/18/21 at 6:12 pm to Buzzed
Entergy invited us to this bullshite in Nola. I politely declined.
Posted on 6/18/21 at 6:12 pm to Obtuse1
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if it prevents the grid going down for several days or even rolling blackouts it is hard to argue with.
No, it's very easy to argue with. I pay for a service. Provide the goddamn service. Your inability to do so is not my fricking problem.
This post was edited on 6/18/21 at 6:13 pm
Posted on 6/18/21 at 6:30 pm to Centinel
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Your inability to do so is not my fricking problem.
When the grid goes down it will be your problem.
We all know the TX grid has issues with demand and if the regulations on sharing electricity across grids weren't as cumbersome this likely would be less of an issue. The grid issues is something the TX power producers should be working on but until it is worked out people who agreed to have their energy usage curtailed in high demand times will have some inconvenience.
You apparently don't care that the people chose to be in the situation and think the company should take responsibility for their customers' actions. Most people are for personable responsibility right up until they are impacted by their own choices.
Posted on 6/18/21 at 6:33 pm to Buzzed
Yeah, man. Texas is so awesome
Posted on 6/18/21 at 6:42 pm to LaBR4
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When the gov't is changing your thermometer in the hallway
Except it wasn’t the government
Posted on 6/18/21 at 6:47 pm to Eighteen
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in our case you get a $100 rebate)
If you are that broke that you give someone else authority to make you miserable you deserve everything you get
Posted on 6/18/21 at 6:47 pm to Buzzed
Shidddd
Let that happen to me…..
Let that happen to me…..
Posted on 6/18/21 at 7:30 pm to Buzzed
How is this thread 4 pages?
People agreed to have their thermostats lowered. It happened.
/thread
But it sure seems like people are commenting about things that did not happen.
Part of the reason our society is fricked is on display in this thread. Headline readers wanting to react based on headlines instead of the actual more mundane story.
People agreed to have their thermostats lowered. It happened.
/thread
But it sure seems like people are commenting about things that did not happen.
Part of the reason our society is fricked is on display in this thread. Headline readers wanting to react based on headlines instead of the actual more mundane story.
Posted on 6/18/21 at 7:32 pm to Willie Stroker
quote:
How is this thread 4 pages?
People agreed to have their thermostats lowered. It happened.
/thread
But it sure seems like people are commenting about things that did not happen.
Part of the reason our society is fricked is on display in this thread. Headline readers wanting to react based on headlines instead of the actual more mundane story.
Yep. Societal problems summed up:
1. Headline/feed writers
2. Headline/feed readers
Posted on 6/18/21 at 7:35 pm to hendersonshands
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Texas is so awesome
We are going downhill fast, too many people moved here in too short of time.
Posted on 6/18/21 at 7:43 pm to Buzzed
And I’d bet a years salary that the thermostats of the politically connected are NEVER remotely changed.
Posted on 6/18/21 at 7:46 pm to Buzzed
This is 100% true as my Nest was acting all kinds of fricked yesterday
Posted on 6/18/21 at 7:53 pm to Buzzed
How is it without their knowledge if they agreed to remote control of their thermostat? People are dumb as frick, they think entering a contest is worth this shite.
Posted on 6/18/21 at 8:41 pm to Buzzed
Smart TVs, iPhones and fire sticks are enough for me, nothing else in our house is connected to the internet. Those 3 are really too much but in today’s world we don’t have much of a choice.
Posted on 6/18/21 at 8:47 pm to Buzzed
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“They’d been asleep long enough that the house had already gotten to 78 degrees,”
quote:Awfully dramatic, that's just silly.
“Was my daughter at the point of overheating?” English said. “She’s 3 months old. They dehydrate very quickly.”
quote:So this is a non-story, they signed up for this to save a few bucks.
Many smart thermostats can be enrolled in a program called "Smart Savers Texas." It's operated by a company called EnergyHub. The agreement states that in exchange for an entry into sweepstakes, electric customers allow them to control their thermostats during periods of high energy demand.
Posted on 6/18/21 at 8:53 pm to Miketheseventh
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If you are that broke that you give someone else authority to make you miserable you deserve everything you get
Are you unable of getting off the couch to turn it back down? It doesn't lock out your control.
Educate yourself on the system or start walking a lot more.
People bitch just to bitch.
Posted on 6/18/21 at 9:00 pm to Buzzed
My FIL had a temp job at West Marine when he was between career jobs. The thermostat was controlled by HQ in California. I think it was set to 78 or 79 degrees. They sweat their asses off every summer afternoon. They control all stores this way. Of course they do not know that humidity is the killer at making someone uncomfortable, and the ac takes the moisture out of the air.
Posted on 6/18/21 at 9:05 pm to Buzzed
Texans talk about secession and they couldn't keep the lights on during a cold snap and so many of them willingly give control of their homes' temperature in return for a sweepstakes. Proof that the SEC made a huge mistake in letting the Aggies join.
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