Comments on: Who controls your thermostat? http://science.kqed.org/quest/2007/03/23/who-controls-your-thermostat/ Explore science, nature and environment stories from Northern California and beyond with KQED’s multimedia series Thu, 24 May 2012 05:51:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Who Controls Your Thermostat? Part 2 | QUEST Community Science Blog - KQED http://science.kqed.org/quest/2007/03/23/who-controls-your-thermostat/#comment-10537 Who Controls Your Thermostat? Part 2 | QUEST Community Science Blog - KQED Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:16:09 +0000 http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2007/03/23/who-controls-your-thermostat/#comment-10537 [...] this is not Big Brother. Credit: Jim GunshinanThe answer to the question, Who controls your thermostat?, which I raised in an earlier post, is now clearly answered. You control your [...] [...] this is not Big Brother. Credit: Jim GunshinanThe answer to the question, Who controls your thermostat?, which I raised in an earlier post, is now clearly answered. You control your [...]

]]> By: Yohan Smythe III http://science.kqed.org/quest/2007/03/23/who-controls-your-thermostat/#comment-10538 Yohan Smythe III Sat, 12 Jan 2008 10:22:32 +0000 http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2007/03/23/who-controls-your-thermostat/#comment-10538 What if you work odd hours and are home during the daytime and need it to be cooler while you are home??? Or elderly, retired, and cannot take it if they turn it up to 85 degrees? Mandated ?? NO!! Optional - yes. We currently have this is Florida for your hot water heater and pool pump - and you get a credit each month on your bill for participating. Doing this on air conditioning is a bad idea. What if you work odd hours and are home during the daytime and need it to be cooler while you are home??? Or elderly, retired, and cannot take it if they turn it up to 85 degrees?

Mandated ?? NO!! Optional – yes. We currently have this is Florida for your hot water heater and pool pump – and you get a credit each month on your bill for participating.

Doing this on air conditioning is a bad idea.

]]> By: Joseph Somsel http://science.kqed.org/quest/2007/03/23/who-controls-your-thermostat/#comment-10539 Joseph Somsel Sun, 06 Jan 2008 22:17:06 +0000 http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2007/03/23/who-controls-your-thermostat/#comment-10539 I just did an article on the subject: http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/01/who_will_control_your_thermost.html I think its a bad idea. First the state CREATES the problem by making it so difficult to build new power plants then increases its power over us by attempting to mitigate the power they created. Why not just build more nuclear power plants to run the grid and meet demand? We only had these problems under the regulated electric system when growth spurts increased demand faster than power plants could be built. Plus, the specifications for PCTs is so broad that opportunities for further invasion of your control abound. In other words, it's just the beginning. I just did an article on the subject:

http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/01/who_will_control_your_thermost.html

I think its a bad idea. First the state CREATES the problem by making it so difficult to build new power plants then increases its power over us by attempting to mitigate the power they created.

Why not just build more nuclear power plants to run the grid and meet demand? We only had these problems under the regulated electric system when growth spurts increased demand faster than power plants could be built.

Plus, the specifications for PCTs is so broad that opportunities for further invasion of your control abound. In other words, it's just the beginning.

]]> By: TMLutas http://science.kqed.org/quest/2007/03/23/who-controls-your-thermostat/#comment-10540 TMLutas Sun, 06 Jan 2008 15:22:32 +0000 http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2007/03/23/who-controls-your-thermostat/#comment-10540 Hmm... Depending on how this is done, I'd think we might actually have a 3rd amendment issue. So far this has been a very rare problem (the case law on the 3rd amendment is microscopic) but it really does change once you enter the realm of agents of the state that are not flesh and blood but rather machines. If we're going to have penumbras and emanations, might as well do it for the 3rd amendment too. There's an important principle to defend (or maybe re-establish) that the home is a no-go area for the state in the normal course of affairs. Hmm… Depending on how this is done, I'd think we might actually have a 3rd amendment issue. So far this has been a very rare problem (the case law on the 3rd amendment is microscopic) but it really does change once you enter the realm of agents of the state that are not flesh and blood but rather machines. If we're going to have penumbras and emanations, might as well do it for the 3rd amendment too. There's an important principle to defend (or maybe re-establish) that the home is a no-go area for the state in the normal course of affairs.

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