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Re:Gravity Energy Storage: Alternative to batteries for grid... by 8bitsrule on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @09:24PM (#25654054)
> can be equipped with an internet device

I don't know how efficient a houseful of IOTs can be, but I don't want one.

Second question: what's to keep my neighbor(s) from ignoring efficiency in favor of demand. So I'm doing without lights while they party on. (Please don't say regulations.)

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Re:Gravity Energy Storage: Alternative to batteries for grid... by Sophistifunk on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @10:11PM (#25654319)
Nothing's supposed to stop them, they just pay more. That's the bloody point.
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Re:Gravity Energy Storage: Alternative to batteries for grid... by WalterBright on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @11:49PM (#25654747)
> I don't know how efficient a houseful of IOTs can be

The Nest thermostats come to mind.

> what's to keep my neighbor(s) from ignoring efficiency in favor of demand

He gets to pay the price for it. It's the same thing that prevents him from buying fuel guzzling cars. (Note that sales of guzzlers inversely track pump gas prices.)

Price fixing by the government has the perverse effect of continually causing demand to outstrip supply - rolling blackouts, shortages, rationing, etc.

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