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by inter_netuser 1595 days ago
only failed states turn off residential AC or heating.

Boggles my mind how some think it's acceptable.

2 comments

I don't think raverbashing was talking about the state turning it off, but rather individual people turning their own AC/heating off.

Nest Thermostat offers many features to automatically do this if users want it, both to save money, as well as to help the planet. Full disclosure, I work at Google, but not Nest.

https://support.google.com/googlenest/answer/9244031

https://support.google.com/googlenest/answer/10975756

https://support.google.com/googlenest/answer/9242289

Nope, smart states do that. Heat can be stored. Heat when it's cheap.
Nah, I'll just run my own generator instead.
Well that's not smart