Ooh, cadmium isn't toxic at all
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Ooh, cadmium isn't toxic at all
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Originally Posted by BushMasterBoy
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Originally Posted by Gman
Cadmium….Quote:
Originally Posted by BushMasterBoy
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Originally Posted by hollohas
Make your deal with the Devil, the Devil will get his due.
https://www.thedenverchannel.com/new...ergy-emergency
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DENVER ? During the dog days of summer, it's important to keep your home cool. But when thousands of Xcel customers in Colorado tried adjusting their thermostats Tuesday, they learned they had no control over the temperatures in their own homes.
Temperatures climbed into the 90s Tuesday, which is why Tony Talarico tried to crank up the air conditioning in his partner's Arvada home.
"I mean, it was 90 out, and it was right during the peak period," Talarico said. "It was hot."
That's when he saw a message on the thermostat stating the temperature was locked due to an "energy emergency."
"Normally, when we see a message like that, we're able to override it," Talarico said. "In this case, we weren't. So, our thermostat was locked in at 78 or 79."
On social media, dozens of Xcel customers complained of similar experiences ? some reporting home temperatures as high as 88 degrees.
Xcel confirmed to Contact Denver7 that 22,000 customers who had signed up for the Colorado AC Rewards program were locked out of their smart thermostats for hours on Tuesday.
"It's a voluntary program. Let's remember that this is something that customers choose to be a part of based on the incentives," said Emmett Romine, vice president of customer solutions and innovation at Xcel.
Customers receive a $100 credit for enrolling in the program and $25 annually, but Romine said customers also agree to give up some control to save energy and money and make the system more reliable.
"So, it helps everybody for people to participate in these programs. It is a bit uncomfortable for a short period of time, but it's very, very helpful," said Romine.
This is the first time in the program's six year span that customers could not override their smart thermostats, Romine said. He said the "energy emergency" was due to an unexpected outage in Pueblo combined with hot weather and heavy air conditioner usage.
But Talarico said he had no idea that he could be locked out of the thermostat. While he has solar panels and a smart thermostat to save energy, he says he did not sign up to have this much control taken away.
"To me, an emergency means there is, you know, life, limb, or, you know, some other danger out there ? some, you know, massive wildfires," Talarico said. "Even if it's a once-in-a-blue-moon situation, it just doesn't sit right with us to not be able to control our own thermostat in our house."
Sorry, my FuckOMatic machine is fresh out of fucks to give to you.....
Reminds me of the people that signed their student loan paperwork when they needed $ for college but after graduation, had a change of heart regarding the conditions of the loan agreement.
I thought the same thing about cadmium. Toxic AF. Colorado has a terrible industrial hygiene record. I could cite Cotter Uranium Mill, Rocky Flats Arsenal and Asarco Globeville plant, Denver as just a few examples.
Long term, the widespread application of CdTe solar panels would require recycling of the panels after their useful lifespan. The .gov would probably put a recycling fee on them. Same as when you buy a car battery, you have to turn one in for recycling or pay a fee. Link below shows what happens when you just bury cadmium-tellurium in a landfill.
The other scenario, eventually we run out of oil.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5607867/
So dude is literally generating his own power with solar panels to feed into xcel's grid and they still took control of his shit to limit what he could use. "Thanks for the power, but you can't use it". That's cold. (or a guess hot in this case).Quote:
Originally Posted by BPTactical
If I ever install solar panels, I'd want a manual transfer switch to disconnect from grid power.
How are the control signals sent??? Over the power lines, but most thermostats are low voltage- wouldn’t that mess with IP over power?
Not exactly sure, but you likely have to link your online thermostat account to the provider to get your tiny discount.Quote:
Originally Posted by FromMyColdDeadHand
You can't recycle shit in Colorado without paying a fee.Quote:
Originally Posted by BushMasterBoy
It is called the Skin Effect. Radio frequency signals will travel over the skin of a conductor. Even powerlines. Since the power is only 60 cycles it travels along the core of the conductor. So they send a radio signal over the powerlines and can read your meter etc. Or even shut off the power.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_effect