- SirEDCaLot ( @SirEDCaLot@lemmy.fmhy.ml ) English17•2 years ago
Or maybe power grids are teetering because utilities raked in profit for the last two decades by ignoring upgrades that would obviously be necessary… Just a thought :)
My utility sells $400 Wi-Fi touchscreen thermostats for like $25, the catch being you let them turn your AC down/off when grid load peaks. A few truckloads of thermostats are cheaper than grid upgrades, so they do the thermostats and kick the can down the road more.
- ulkesh ( @ulkesh@beehaw.org ) English16•2 years ago
“Extreme is increasing electricity demand as people crank up the AC.”
I suppose that’s a sentence?
- CoolRhino ( @CoolRhino@lemm.ee ) English10•2 years ago
It’s close enough. They tried their best.
- amrawr ( @amrawr@lemm.ee ) English4•2 years ago
Pretty sure it was supposed to say extreme yeet
- ulkesh ( @ulkesh@beehaw.org ) English4•2 years ago
It’s the New York Times! They couldn’t even take the time to proofread the very first sentence :) Journalism has such a low bar these days.
- CoolRhino ( @CoolRhino@lemm.ee ) English1•2 years ago
I know. I was being sarcastic
- Star Lord ( @starlord2014@lemmy.ml ) English8•2 years ago
World is getting hotter so turn on ac which uses more electricity, build new non-renewable electricity production to keep up which then increases world temps more. We’re in a shitty vicious cycle.
- Jenny! [she/her] ( @MeatCat@dubvee.org ) English5•2 years ago
Shitty, but profitable!
/s if not obvious.