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Northern Virginia
Government control of my thermostat? Got the letter today.
Today I got a letter from Dominion Virgina Power asking me to participate in a voluntary program to help save energy at my (stick) home. They want to install a device on my outside AC unit that will shut the compressor off during the hottest time on the hottest days of the year. This will reduce the demand on the grid, save mother earth, blah, blah, blah. They will then mail me a check for $40 annually. Ha!
I was beside myself. Is this our country's new energy policy? And right now it is voluntary. I don't suspect to many people are going to want to participate so how long before it is compulsory?
The last thing I want is the government controlling my thermostat....in the name of Mother Earth it seems all things will be possible. George Orwell wasn't that far off.
John
Today I got a letter from Dominion Virgina Power asking me to participate in a voluntary program to help save energy at my (stick) home. They want to install a device on my outside AC unit that will shut the compressor off during the hottest time on the hottest days of the year. This will reduce the demand on the grid, save mother earth, blah, blah, blah. They will then mail me a check for $40 annually. Ha!
I was beside myself. Is this our country's new energy policy? And right now it is voluntary. I don't suspect to many people are going to want to participate so how long before it is compulsory?
The last thing I want is the government controlling my thermostat....in the name of Mother Earth it seems all things will be possible. George Orwell wasn't that far off.
John
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