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Originally Posted by Acey
Cool numbers to see. Can I ask what industry this is?
I happened to see the original tweet by AESO at about 4:15 pm which was the first warning sign, I imagine at that time there had already been a lot of semi-frantic communication to these big guys as you say - without them it's pretty clear it would have come crashing down.
"Problem solved" by the porch lights indeed.
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Sorry, are being absolutely ridiculous on purpose or is this your legitimate approach to conversations?
Last night in my house we unplugged one car, turned off our dishwasher, shut off a bedroom space heater and turned off every light inside and outside save for one in the kitchen. Also turned the furnace down to 18 - not for the electric grid, but since energy consumption jumped to top of mind following the alert. Saved a load of laundry for Monday as well.
It wasn't just porch lights, so I don't know why you're acting like a weirdo as though we all didn't instantly reduce our consumption, as though there isn't an objective measure that shows an instant alleviation of the grid, and as though we didn't go from the risk of rolling brownouts to everybody maintaining their power.
Like, you're argument couldn't be less smart if you tried. Alert went out, we responded, we solved the immediate issue.
I then went on to talk about how there are other things we could do. Office lights, mall lights, electric cars don't all need to smoke a Ferrari off the line, etc. Just easy things that would help immediately at almost no cost.
But no, you think I said porch lights while bashing my curled up hand against my chest and drooling.
Acey. Wtf is wrong with you?