And once the citizens submit to this the next mandate will be on thermostats. Then travel as use of autos is restricted. Then energy rationing with certain hours of the day as mandatory off time. Then the curtailment of business hours to reduce travel and energy usage.
I suppose I could go on and on but you get the idea. When those who govern are nuts enough to think that they are saving the planet anything and everything is justified.
And once the citizens submit to this the next mandate will be on thermostats. Then travel as use of autos is restricted. Then energy rationing with certain hours of the day as mandatory off time. Then the curtailment of business hours to reduce travel and energy usage.
I suppose I could go on and on but you get the idea. When those who govern are nuts enough to think that they are saving the planet anything and everything is justified.
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I believe CA building code mandates state-controlled thermostats for new construction already.
For years I've called this crap a Citizen IQ Test. As long as we, the voters, allow our public "servants" to get away with this totalitarian nonsense, we deserve what we get. But the years of brainwashing by government schools and the media seem to have been very effective.