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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on IBM, US DOE test &quot;smart&quot; thermostats, dryers]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/12/ibm-us-doe-test-smart-thermostats-dryers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/12/ibm-us-doe-test-smart-thermostats-dryers/</guid><description><![CDATA[Not new.  Georgia Power, Westinghouse, Johnson Controls, and a few others had a test system over 20 years ago combining power/cable/telephone with custom sensors and thermostats to do the same thing.<br><br><br><br>They concluded that there was suffiecient power savings potential to avoid building several power plants. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan Prickett]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 12th 2006 5:17PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on IBM, US DOE test &quot;smart&quot; thermostats, dryers]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/12/ibm-us-doe-test-smart-thermostats-dryers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/12/ibm-us-doe-test-smart-thermostats-dryers/</guid><description><![CDATA[Nothing wrong with savings, but I dont think these methods are the key.  I think you either have personal regulation (when people start to care about the environment) or more likely, market regulation.  When prices go up, people will save.  Technology is also improving things, lighting with LEDs for example will save a ton of power in the near future.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Victor]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 12th 2006 5:23PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on IBM, US DOE test &quot;smart&quot; thermostats, dryers]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/12/ibm-us-doe-test-smart-thermostats-dryers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/12/ibm-us-doe-test-smart-thermostats-dryers/</guid><description><![CDATA[This approach is also in use in Chicago, although limited to AC and such in residences. It is also available to commercial/industrial firms that can load shift to off peak times.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[j david]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 12th 2006 5:42PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on IBM, US DOE test &quot;smart&quot; thermostats, dryers]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/12/ibm-us-doe-test-smart-thermostats-dryers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/12/ibm-us-doe-test-smart-thermostats-dryers/</guid><description><![CDATA[And of course something along the lines of this is being worked on at a university in Michigan...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[John P.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 12th 2006 5:47PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on IBM, US DOE test &quot;smart&quot; thermostats, dryers]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/12/ibm-us-doe-test-smart-thermostats-dryers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/12/ibm-us-doe-test-smart-thermostats-dryers/</guid><description><![CDATA[The last time we tried to conserve energy in Seattle, they told us to conserve water because of drought, so we did. Then they told us that we had conserved too much and the power companies weren't making enough money so they raised their rates.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 12th 2006 5:51PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on IBM, US DOE test &quot;smart&quot; thermostats, dryers]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/12/ibm-us-doe-test-smart-thermostats-dryers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/12/ibm-us-doe-test-smart-thermostats-dryers/</guid><description><![CDATA[#5, How does the conservation of water by consumers affect the power company's profits?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mr. Magoo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 12th 2006 7:04PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on IBM, US DOE test &quot;smart&quot; thermostats, dryers]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/12/ibm-us-doe-test-smart-thermostats-dryers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/12/ibm-us-doe-test-smart-thermostats-dryers/</guid><description><![CDATA[Damn, and I was already dreaming of what I could buy with that extra 4 billion a year...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[BM5k]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 13th 2006 2:40AM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
