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2022-09-01 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Nanny State Test: CO Company Locks Thermostats of 22K Customers, Cites 'Energy Emergency'

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Posted by DarthVader 2022-09-01 10:04|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 I grew up in Oklahoma and south Alabama in the 50's and 60's. Temperatures were often in the mid to high 90's. No air conditioning. We delt with it.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2022-09-01 10:16|| 2022-09-01 10:16|| Front Page Top

#2 This is another reason I don't want all that "smart" stuff in my home.

Posted by Chris 2022-09-01 10:23|| 2022-09-01 10:23|| Front Page Top

#3 But they signed up for cheap electricity, not some unexpected consequences!

Posted by Bobby 2022-09-01 10:25|| 2022-09-01 10:25|| Front Page Top

#4 Just the beginning. Soon it will be locked to prevent global warming. Then brown outs due to all the "green" energy. Then because your social credit score is crap because you complained online.

Posted by DarthVader 2022-09-01 10:39|| 2022-09-01 10:39|| Front Page Top

#5
Electricity in your car = good
Electricity for AC = bad
Because shut up.

Posted by Angstrom 2022-09-01 11:43|| 2022-09-01 11:43|| Front Page Top

#6 So disconnect from a/c, leave hooked to company lines, install dumb t-stat from Ace or big box and go on merry way

Posted by USN, Ret. 2022-09-01 11:46|| 2022-09-01 11:46|| Front Page Top

#7 #2 yes, the Internet of Things. Never allow the outside in as long as you can resist. That includes Alexia et al.

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-09-01 11:53|| 2022-09-01 11:53|| Front Page Top

#8 Hey everyone, remember when we were called paranoid wackadoodles for even bringing up the possibility of remote monitored thermostats being controlled remotely?

And I thought ol' Governor Pooperlickin raised taxes to solve such infrastructure issues?

Posted by swksvolFF 2022-09-01 12:20|| 2022-09-01 12:20|| Front Page Top

#9 Wonder if Deacon's woodstove has a controller?

Posted by Skidmark 2022-09-01 13:58|| 2022-09-01 13:58|| Front Page Top

#10 Yeah! DEACON!

Posted by illeagle 2022-09-01 14:58|| 2022-09-01 14:58|| Front Page Top

#11 ^1- I remember those days well. Patch screen doors. Fans, Grocery stores not air conditioned. Wood or coal heating. My problem was I had chicken pox in a mid summer heat spell. Milkman deliveries(best milk with cream on top). Ice block deliveries. Charles chips deliveries. Jewel Tea deliveries. I still wish they had returns on soda bottles or Green Stamps or even top value stamps.

Posted by Dale 2022-09-01 16:25|| 2022-09-01 16:25|| Front Page Top

#12 /\ Yeah, my first radio had hot vacuum tubes on a muggy Oklahoma night

Posted by magpie 2022-09-01 20:48|| 2022-09-01 20:48|| Front Page Top

#13 Born and raised in the ugly environs of San Diego. Pray for me

/it's really hot lately

Posted by Frank G 2022-09-01 21:34|| 2022-09-01 21:34|| Front Page Top

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