Posted on 08/20/2019 5:07:06 AM PDT by Texas Fossil
Fresh from the same Dept. of Energy and EPA that gave us:toilets that don’t flush; light bulbs that don’t light; dishwashers that don’t wash; plant-based fuel that burns like carrots; and paper straws that dissolve in liquid…. Now we get this:
[…] Energy Star, the federal program from the DOE and the Environmental Protection Agency, said the coolest you should keep your home is 78 degrees when you’re home.
When you’re at work or away, the program recommends setting it at 85 degrees. When you’re sleeping, Energy Star said to set the thermostat at 82 degrees. (link)
Setting the thermostat at 82° at night is well recognized grounds for divorce. I swear these administrative state progressives are going to have us force-fed sustainable algae cakes if this keeps up.
Some journalist-type person published these new cooling standards on twitter, and the responses are quite funny.
“I see we’ve decided to give up on sleeping. Or going home for that matter. Or having pets that aren’t native to the rain forest.” (link)
“I’ve already embraced a dying Earth, so I keep my central air between 67-72 at all times.” (link)
“I’d be laying there making a giant sweat angel in my bed” (link)
““New report shows these as the recommended temps for smelling like an onion.” (link)
“I have no idea how my ancestors survived deserts. If the thermostat in my house showed a number that started with an 8 I would call the police” (link)
(Excerpt) Read more at theconservativetreehouse.com ...
When the grass gets tall (in a wet year) the mosquito population spreads disease and misery.
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Don’t forget ticks.
Don’t forget mold.
And my home insurance carrier gets upset if the grass is too high. In the country, ‘lawn’ is simply a pasture mix and full of what city folks call weeds. Let is grow too high, you need a tractor and baler. Once the humidity goes down, that’s a set up for grass fire.
Bad enough the lawn mowers don’t care to work on wet grass.I won’t even discuss trumpet vine.
82 degrees? Please, I ain’t sleeping if its 82 degrees... and I bet I am not alone.
I still remember the 1950s and 1960s with NO AC at all. Miserable hot nights in which I would wake up around 2 AM and the sweat would just be rolling off me. I never understood making a bed in the morning as the sweat had not had time to evaporate yet.
Some people would bring their bed outdoors, and sleep under wet sheets to keep cool.
If my home is anywhere near 78 degrees, I figure my HVAC is broken.
...allows the electric company to read your meter without going door-to-door.
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Propane company also uses algorithms to determine gas use. We have a good wood stove. I have received questioning phone calls because we weren’t using ‘enough’ gas.
In reading of the times before AC, I noticed lots of people died of “Apoplexy” in the summers. Betcha it was heat stroke.
Swamp coolers are only effective in relatively dry humidity. They're very effective over most of the Rocky Mountain region.
Anywhere roughly east of the Mississippi, it's far too humid; you need an AC unit to remove the moisture before you can realize any cooling.
No.
***As for the light bulbs, we changed out everything to LEDs and never saw the promised savings.***
I recently bought some high-dollar LED bulbs. Supposed to last 13 years. 10 months is more like it.
Socialism is about sharing the misery.
Some of this stuff could be seen coming. The best, maybe only, way for people like us to defend ourselves against it is to be able to OVERRIDE what’s going on. It won’t be easy, and it takes understanding how these ‘smart’ systems work, and what are the possible ways to trick them into keeping people comfortable. We’ll likely be fighting them for the rest of our lives, and our kids, of course, will have it worse.
Interesting but when I first ran into this effort it was at a model home at a new development here in Texas.
The (always good looking) host was with other people, so I was rummaging through the closets and I ran into a document that they give people AFTER they move into their new house. It said something like: “You may be wondering why your air conditioner doesn’t cool below 78F in the summer”. “The reason for that is we’re required to minimize overall power usage to achieve our Energy Star rating, so we intentionally undersize our units.” Something to that effect, at least.
There is a pretty easy workaround for that, at least now. Simply put in a one or two mini-split ductless systems, the kind you see in every country in the world, except in North America. But that does take some work and a bit of money, but that is what we’re dealing with now!
Keep voting democrat.
Yes, and if it is too hot to sleep, the sheets will need to be laundered 2-3 times per week, which will also waste a bunch of water and electricity.
Our AC died right before the 4th of July. Spent 4 nights with temps of 89 in the bedroom all night.
It was not pleasant.
Yep, true intent of “smart meters”.
I’m glad I don’t live in the north. I hate the cold, and their oil heat bills are huge. A large part of our oil production comes from West Texas. In the past there were jokes about that balance.
Yes, idiots. But also empowered bureaucraps.
The number is unreasonable. Besides, they didn’t consider humidity.
Just that is enough to prove that these bureaucrats are incompetents bend on controlling the public.
First, it’s a suggestion. Then they force the energy companies to charge you more when you don’t comply. Then they take control of your thermostat and tell you what temperature you should be at.
Where I live, in deep fly over country, we have no building code of building inspectors. It has worked fine for the past 130 years.
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