Re: Points from a briefing
Smart appliances are potentially sensible ...
Err, only in a world where everyone lives in a nice detached property.
How much noise and vibration does a washing machine on spin (or just the wash) cycle make ? How about a tumble drier with it's thrum, thrum, thrum ... ?
Now imagine, it's 2am, you are trying to sleep as you have to get up at 7 for work ... and the b'stard next door/on top of you (flats) has his smart appliances doing the washing. No, these are not a flippin good idea - they'll be a colossal public nuisance.
And that's before we get to the fire risk from running a tumble drier while you sleep - and Fire Service recommendations to not do it !
So the plan seems to be :
Ration electricity use by price - so the poor will cut back when they can't afford to use it.
If that fails - use the remote turnoff for finer grained blackouts than we had in the 70s.
And promote antisocial behaviour that will cause massive overload of council Environmental Health departments as people complain about the nuisance.
And, cause deaths - from use of appliances which catch fire while people are sleeping, or from neighbours taking matters into their own hands when the local EH officer doesn't have enough time to intervene.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
