Things I Learned from Five Years in Climate Tech

Re:Things I Learned from Five Years in Climate Tech by yachtman on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @08:56AM (#22422893)

> Consumers don't care about energy.

Therefore lets make it illegal not to care?? You need to think more pragmatically.

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Re:Things I Learned from Five Years in Climate Tech by rezic on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @09:01AM (#22422943)

I think the point was more along the lines of making it easier to care.

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Re:Things I Learned from Five Years in Climate Tech by 0x4477 on Thursday February 27, 2020 @09:37AM (#22433584)

Incentives make it easier to care as there is a payoff of some form for doing so. Compulsion eliminates choice and has an attached penalty for not complying. It doesn't make it easier to care, it eliminates the choice entirely. They're nothing alike.

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Re:Things I Learned from Five Years in Climate Tech by rezic on Monday March 02, 2020 @07:37AM (#22463836)

A bit late to respond to this one, but the post stated that smart metering should be compulsory. Whether you choose to pay any attention to it or not is entirely up to you.

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