Pope is catholic, bears defecate in woods..
And there's nothing new under the sun. Other than 'experts' wanting to take control away from customers. So here's a thing-
https://www.schnap.com.au/timers/mechanical-timer.html
That people of a certain age are probably familiar with, because it was the standard kind of timer control used pre-'Smartbollox'. But..
...show a large performance gap between potential energy savings and actual energy savings," Zhang and Lee wrote.
Easily demonstrated just by looking at your electricity bill and wondering why, if energy supply has gotten 'smarter' and 'greener', it's also got a LOT more expensive. Hence why there's so much focus on demand management, because the supply side is a complete shambles due to regulatory capture by the ecofreaks.
But sure, let's throw a few billion at some new grid management company that could randomise control over people's thermostats, or energy in general. Alternatively, politicians could start asking why the 'renewables' lobby has failed to deliver any cost savings, or reliability.. All it's done over the last couple of decades is increase costs, complexity and reduce reliability.
It'll be interesting to see if the Texas electricity grid collapses. Having 'renewables' responsible for power failures both winter and summer would be quite the achievement. Especially as Texas is considered ordering it's industry to curtail demand.. ie stop producing fuels and stuff, so increasing shortages, prices, and inflation.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
