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Jul 12, 2011 - 6:58am |
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hippiechick wrote:
A new twist on a very old idea. As a native born and raised there, this has been an ongoing debate ever since I can remember and that's back to the 50's. Back in the 60's and before, California was a very conservative state, Western style, and saw Southern California draining the resources of the the North including water, timber and energy and mostly tax revenue. It was the North that wanted to ditch the South. The South was busy trying to irrigate an unihabitable desert and build highways that the tax base down there could not provide for. Southern California is more dependent on foreign water than anything else. As a kid in the 60's, it was breaking news when the Colorado River actually made it all the way to the Gulf of California. It usually was diverted so much that it never made it to the Gulf. To understand the west, one must look at the history of water and water rights. Now the San Joaquin Valley has been dried up by Easterners because of a stupid little fish and put thousands out of work and driven up the price of food in the process unnecessarily. Freaking Yankees screw up everything, everywhere. Carpetbaggers.
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Jun 25, 2010 - 7:31am |
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hippiechick wrote: debt
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Jun 25, 2010 - 7:15am |
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donna_birichina wrote:And then there's this: A new proposed bill in California would put digital advertisements on vehicle license plates to help pull the cash-strapped state out of dept. debt
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Jun 25, 2010 - 7:14am |
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And then there's this: A new proposed bill in California would put digital advertisements on vehicle license plates to help pull the cash-strapped state out of dept.
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Proclivities
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Jun 25, 2010 - 5:17am |
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kurtster wrote: How ironic you made that statement in this thread. In California, gas prices did in fact rise several years ago directly because overall consumption went down because of economizing. The state had to raise the taxes on gas because of falling tax revenue due to falling consumption. Therefore, the base price of gas went up. We still have fluctuations, but the minimum price did go up.
Another example lies in Charlotte, North Carolina, where the municipal water district had to raise prices because of conservation, again because usuge went down so much, they could no longer cover fixed expenses without a price increase.
That is ironic. I was not aware of that taking place in California - so I stand (or sit, actually) corrected. I believe the main reason for the Charlotte increases was based on drought conditions - which did reduce consumption, but the (often mandatory) conservation was spurred by reduced supply - which will increase prices. Anyhow, thanks for pointing out those examples.
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Jun 24, 2010 - 5:31pm |
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Proclivities wrote: I agree with some of your points (especially the "data-collecting" question), but the argument that "if we use less they'll charge more" is unsubstantiated and frequently used as an alarmist ploy. That was a major talking point of supply-side types who, over 30 years ago, opposed regulations for higher automobile fuel-efficiency. Gasoline prices did not rise when (or because) more people started driving fuel-efficient, compact cars. For one thing, that theory contradicts the sacred Capitalist principle of supply-and-demand. Though assuming energy providers are "principled" may be a stretch.
How ironic you made that statement in this thread. In California, gas prices did in fact rise several years ago directly because overall consumption went down because of economizing. The state had to raise the taxes on gas because of falling tax revenue due to falling consumption. Therefore, the base price of gas went up. We still have fluctuations, but the minimum price did go up. Another example lies in Charlotte, North Carolina, where the municipal water district had to raise prices because of conservation, again because usuge went down so much, they could no longer cover fixed expenses without a price increase.
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Jun 24, 2010 - 4:33pm |
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miamizsun wrote: One of the "unintended consequences" will be fluctuating (variable) rates, which will allow them to increase the price during peak usage.
I think as we use less, or become more efficient, they may charge us more, which would cancel out any savings to the end user, but potentially boost profits for providers.
These meters will allow very specific two way monitoring, which would allow them to charge for specific appliances/activities if they choose.
I understand the angle of well connected corporations using their government "buddies" to gouge us, nothing new there.
What bothers me is where do they think they get the right to do any of this?
Politicians and bureaucrats collecting data (spying) to what end?
Government intervention in markets always causes problems.
Regards
I agree with some of your points (especially the "data-collecting" question), but the argument that "if we use less they'll charge more" is unsubstantiated and frequently used as an alarmist ploy. That was a major talking point of supply-side types who, over 30 years ago, opposed regulations for higher automobile fuel-efficiency. Gasoline prices did not rise when (or because) more people started driving fuel-efficient, compact cars. For one thing, that theory contradicts the sacred Capitalist principle of supply-and-demand. Though assuming energy providers are "principled" may be a stretch.
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Jun 24, 2010 - 4:16pm |
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dmax wrote: I was offered the choice a year or so ago, but my wife vetoed the idea that, on power hungry days when it's likely that we'll need the AC, it would be possible for PG&E to throttle our use.
One of the "unintended consequences" will be fluctuating (variable) rates, which will allow them to increase the price during peak usage. I think as we use less, or become more efficient, they may charge us more, which would cancel out any savings to the end user, but potentially boost profits for providers. These meters will allow very specific two way monitoring, which would allow them to charge for specific appliances/activities if they choose. I understand the angle of well connected corporations using their government "buddies" to gouge us, nothing new there. What bothers me is where do they think they get the right to do any of this? Politicians and bureaucrats collecting data (spying) to what end? Government intervention in markets always causes problems. Regards
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Jun 24, 2010 - 3:55pm |
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kurtster wrote:
OBTW, does anyone still call PG&E, pigs, goats and elephants anymore ? I remember that from days gone by.
Heh. Never heard that!
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Jun 24, 2010 - 3:51pm |
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dmax wrote: I was offered the choice a year or so ago, but my wife vetoed the idea that, on power hungry days when it's likely that we'll need the AC, it would be possible for PG&E to throttle our use.
Glad to hear participation is voluntary, I wasn't sure. My concerns would be more relevant if it was mandatory. OBTW, does anyone still call PG&E, pigs, goats and elephants anymore ? I remember that from days gone by.
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Jun 24, 2010 - 3:45pm |
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kurtster wrote: I may be wrong, but there is no choice involved with participation as I understand it. And the smart grid will overide your thermostat settings, if someone decides that your settings are inapropriate. I was offered the choice a year or so ago, but my wife vetoed the idea that, on power hungry days when it's likely that we'll need the AC, it would be possible for PG&E to throttle our use.
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Jun 24, 2010 - 3:24pm |
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Times review finds that in more than half of the state's casinos and gaming rooms, welfare recipients can get cash from state-issued EBT cards.
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Jun 24, 2010 - 3:07pm |
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dmax wrote: OTOH, it's a normal extension of our interconnectedness on the internets that things like this will be monitored. It's ludicrous to imagine an electrical grid that could measure usage demands and not take advantage of that information. The public would insist that PG&E use all its resources to maintain the electrical supply to the customers. So, reasonably, PG&E would want/need to know where areas of demand are, where rising demand is, where it's possible to use tech to decrease the likelihood of brownout/failure - which we get infrequently during the summer, but right when we need the power the most, the hottest days.
It's easy to reframe this as Big Brother because it legitimately is a method of knowing more about consumer habits. But what nefarious purpose? There is certainly some inconvenience for those who choose (!) to allow their electrical use to be throttled in high-demand periods. But imagine being able to take a multi-storied building that's unoccupied and being able to remotely take its internal temperature down 5-10 degrees for the weekend? That's efficiency, not evil.
I may be wrong, but there is no choice involved with participation as I understand it. And the smart grid will overide your thermostat settings, if someone decides that your settings are inapropriate. Here in Ohio, we are allowed to pick our power suppliers from a list, the electric company now just provides the connection. With a smart grid taking over one's thermostat, it negates the opportunity for choosing wisely as if there is an unusual demand within an area, then all users regardless of suppliers could face thermostat restrictions, because the transmission grid itself cannot handle the load. If one chooses a company that has excess capacity and your neighbor has chosen one that cannot meet its demands, I do not see a distinction being made between the two residences, both get cut back. The common carrier will not make the distinction between the two residences. Your thermostat air conditioning settings can remotely be raised from say 75 degrees to say 80 degrees and there is nothing that can be done about it. I find nothing good in that. The smart grid can only be truly smart if it contains excess capacity accross the board. I'm not talking about generation capabilities, I'm talking about transmission capabilities. With excess transmission capabilities, then the grid can become smart. If my power generator can meet its needs, and my neighbor's cannot, then I will have power and they will not. Right now with woefully lacking transmission capabilities all this smart grid can do is shut everyone off all at once or restrict everyone at once. There is no individualized approach, just the appearance of one. And then there is the Big Brother thing.
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Jun 23, 2010 - 4:27am |
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Last night I saw on WGN News that Commonwealth Edison (an Exelon company) is starting a pilot program in the Chicago area that allows users to monitor their own electrical usage in real time.
If we look at the Amish, Mennonites and other "technology freeze" communities, we can see with 20/20 hindsight that putting a freeze on (or rolling back) technology does nothing to fix the underlying problem.
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Jun 22, 2010 - 9:58pm |
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kurtster wrote: OTOH, it's a normal extension of our interconnectedness on the internets that things like this will be monitored. It's ludicrous to imagine an electrical grid that could measure usage demands and not take advantage of that information. The public would insist that PG&E use all its resources to maintain the electrical supply to the customers. So, reasonably, PG&E would want/need to know where areas of demand are, where rising demand is, where it's possible to use tech to decrease the likelihood of brownout/failure - which we get infrequently during the summer, but right when we need the power the most, the hottest days. It's easy to reframe this as Big Brother because it legitimately is a method of knowing more about consumer habits. But what nefarious purpose? There is certainly some inconvenience for those who choose (!) to allow their electrical use to be throttled in high-demand periods. But imagine being able to take a multi-storied building that's unoccupied and being able to remotely take its internal temperature down 5-10 degrees for the weekend? That's efficiency, not evil.
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Jun 22, 2010 - 9:50pm |
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kurtster wrote:More intrusion by the Federal Government and BHO into our personal lives. I use Mozilla Firefox. Problem solved. ![{#Whisper} {#Whisper}](scripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/icon_whisper.gif) Microsoft is in Washington, not California.
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Aug 6, 2009 - 8:08pm |
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Southern_Boy wrote:At some point soon they are going to run out of someone else's money.
![{#Yes} {#Yes}](scripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/icon_yes.gif) Also, nut surprisingly for those of us who follow history, Gray Davis turns out to not be all that was wrong with California, and putting a Republican in the Governor's office is not a panacea for anything. Keep on playing, boys and girls. One day, for better or for worse, you'll realize that hollow talking points and perennially broken promises do not help the other 98%. Not then, not now, not ever.
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