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smart metering might will help some day.
Great govt decides what your thermostat is set at so rich people can drive $100k electric cars!
Great govt decides what your thermostat is set at so rich people can drive $100k electric cars!
Electricity will never "be an issue". Yes, the world is consuming more and more electricity and that's ok. Energy consumption is a good indicator of economic stimulus.
We do need to remove our dependence on coal and petrol more and more. Not because of higher prices or the environment as much as it being the smart thing to do.
Iceland is doing a very smart thing. It's using geothermal energy to make up for a lot of the electricity consumption of it's residents. Currently, it's the world leader in geothermal energy production for national needs. A friend of mine who works at a student NGO in Iceland who studies energy engineering told me 2 years ago that he can't wait to graduate (he graduated this year like me) so that he can work at some new geothermal plant that is in plans or smth. Good pay, good job, good work.
Powerful geothermal springs and potential to exploits exists in most European countries as well as western USA.
If the USA would take the money it gives to big oil in tax cuts and tax breaks as well as stimulus packages to big oil, and invest all that money in geothermal research and development, it could become the worlds' leader in 10 years.
I imagine that the fossil fuels that weren't burned in indivudual engines would be burned to generate the electricity to power those engines, at least until we figured out something else.
What If Tesla Took 500,000 Gas-Guzzlers Off the Road? (TSLA)
As we "progress" away from oil based cars when is electric production going to be an issue? When people find out each of these cars consume the same power as a small home each day who's going to pay for the juice?
We all are!
Smart metering doesn't mean that the government gets to decide how much of what you consume --
And that would mean using even more fossil fuel than we currently do, so what's the point?
But it sure gives them the power to do such down the line, when they determine it is 'for our own good.'
I guess you ignored the last part of my post.
No, I didn't. While you are burning the fossil fuels to make the electricity for the cars, you are using more fossil fuels than you would have if the cars themselves just used them. That is true up until the time, if it ever happens, that you find a better way to generate all the electricity. It would burn less fossil fuel in the intermediate time if you just kept it in the cars.
Smart metering doesn't mean that the government gets to decide how much of what you consume -- it is a term used to describe meters that accurately measure usage, report that usage to the utility directly, and permit remote activation or deactivation. They can also instantly report outages and utility quality issues.
I'd like to think that a similar accuracy would be passed on to commercial and industrial customers, but the utilities have been bilking them for years.
At any rate, the more in-touch the utility companies are with the grid, the more efficiently they can generate and distribute the power needed by the public. This isn't about government control, this is about greater efficiency in private industry.
The biggest question related to this thread is: When will the 'entitled' start screaming that electricity is a RIGHT?
Smart metering doesn't mean that the government gets to decide how much of what you consume -- it is a term used to describe meters that accurately measure usage, report that usage to the utility directly, and permit remote activation or deactivation. They can also instantly report outages and utility quality issues.
I'd like to think that a similar accuracy would be passed on to commercial and industrial customers, but the utilities have been bilking them for years.
At any rate, the more in-touch the utility companies are with the grid, the more efficiently they can generate and distribute the power needed by the public. This isn't about government control, this is about greater efficiency in private industry.
1) In California they have put smart meters into homes, and used it as a means to charge more for peak usage at peak times - as much as .50 cents a kilowatt hour at times.
2) They do have the ability to dictate thermostat settings and control other usages - not a power that I think belongs to our government,
You have been sold a bill of goods. I've seen smart meters in CA and they most definitely give control of the thermostat over to the utility - they aren't using it yet because of the potential outcry but the ability is there.
What If Tesla Took 500,000 Gas-Guzzlers Off the Road? (TSLA)
As we "progress" away from oil based cars when is electric production going to be an issue? When people find out each of these cars consume the same power as a small home each day who's going to pay for the juice?
We all are!
Actually, no, that would be up until the time we find a better way to generate enough electricity to offset whatever additional fossil fuels (if any) need to be burned to replace the fossil fuels burned in the combustion engines that were replaced.
What does that have to do with your "point" about rich people and electric cars?
Has the government been using smart meters to take control of the grid?
Also, what does that have to do with your "point" about rich people and electric cars?
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