[MotoSook]

50/50 from the Europeans so far and the arguement against a smart grid by Peter has weight.

In Illinois, I heard on the radio that ComEd is already offering the meter program to limit a home's use by tying the meter to the AC unit. I haven't researched this, but I suspect they have very few takers and the benefit is small (if any return/advantage at all) while those who have signed up will likely wished they never did when the mercury climbs above 90 degrees for the one or two weeks of the "Illinois summer." But ComEd will say it works because those green team homes will resist cooling their house until later in the day. I would bet that those green teamers will actually use more energy to cool their home than if they cycle their AC on and off to maintain a lower temperature throughout the day as opposed to trying to cool their home from 90 degrees to a comfortable level in the span of a few hours prior to going to bed. A 15 to 30 degree drop in a large home takes quite a bit of energy to cool due to the heat capacity of that home.

In my house, I have a programmable thermostat. For $100 one can have a more direct impact without all the wastefulness that our politicians can't seem to fit into their heads.

Where are the reasonable people when these decisions are being made? Why doesn't someone make a loud and technically sound challenge to these decisions?

Do we have a Technology Czar who is without a political or financial agenda?