You won’t be able to run AC in the heat of the day and you can do your laundry and cooking between the hours of 11:00 PM and 6:00 AM.
Progress!
Not on MY house!
My utility offers a program whereby they tell users a day in advance what the cost per KwH will be for the next 24 hours, and each person decides how they choose to use electricity at that rate. A “smart meter” tabulates usage in hourly increments, but does not communicate or control anything.
Most of us make decisions every as to whether we spend our money on something, or decide to wait. This program brings that same ability to electricity usage and there’s nothing wrong with that.
Flat rate plans have always been artificial because when you “peanut-butter” costs across a range of users, some get screwed and some get a free ride, and there is no incentive to save money.
More Larger and More efficient Nuclear power stations and distributed “Beta Decay Batteries” to help blanace the load.
Then start a program for Orbital Solar constructed using lunar mined and processed components.
It is the only way to do this. Setting up pinwheels and solar cells that only work 10 hours a day if lucky is just plain foolish.
The authors of “Smart Gridâ€sound like the same bunch that promote “smart growth.â€Those are the socialists that reduce highway lanes for bike lanes, make straight roads crooked with crosswalk bump-outs, make intersections hard to drive through with roundabouts, add axle breaking road-bumps all in the name of improving safety but really meant to encourage commuters to use public transportation.
When the government assumes control I could see my central air being turned off at the whim of bureaucrats or to wait for the wind to be just right to move the windmills. I expect that my natural gas line will in the near future have a similar "feature" that cuts off my supply based on carbon output. Welcome to Obama world where we all will swelter or freeze in our own homes.
The article is total nonsense. Strawberries are more expensive in the beginning of a season than in its height. A worker's pay is greater during overtime. Hotel rooms are more expensive during tourist season and conventions.
The author assumes that energy should be different without explaining --- or even attempting to explain --- why; this stupid assumption is supposed to be self-evident.
And on top of that he uses the tactic of a scoundrel, simply trying to anger the reader.
The article is total nonsense. Strawberries are more expensive in the beginning of a season than in its height. A worker's pay is greater during overtime. Hotel rooms are more expensive during tourist season and conventions.
The author assumes that energy should be different without explaining --- or even attempting to explain --- why; this stupid assumption is supposed to be self-evident.
And on top of that he uses the tactic of a scoundrel, simply trying to anger the reader.
What is getting lost is the maintenance required to keep it running. Much of the equipment used is designed around a 20 to 30 year life span. With regular maintenance it will easily surpass those numbers. I have worked on units that had been in operation sionce the 1920's.
Without maintenance the units will run for many years but, when they do come down they will be in bad shape and require a great deal of work to put back on line. I worry that they are depreciating thier assets today and will not be able to produce power tomorrow.