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pictonroad
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So, my question is, and I’m genuinely interested on the saving money front, what would be the immediate benefit to me taking up my suppliers offer of a smart meter? (Other than saving me 4.5 minutes of my life per month)Because you can charge an electric car for virtually nothing which saves you money when you get one. You can also contribute towards the introduction of a balanced grid that reduces CO2 per kwh and provides a sustainable power supply for everyone.
If you don’t care about these things then you should
OK @pictonroad...maybe my genune question was badly lost in attempted humour, but it was genuine. Oh, and I'm not wealthy enough to buy an electric car, but rather than 'waste' something that still works, I'll have to stick with my 13 year old car for the time being. I am bothered about the environment thanks very much. Apologies for being in a low socio-economic group, and not being very good at humour.
😂 apology accepted @fazzini Now get off the net and get back to welding up your old Cortina...
(I was a smart meter denier for years, could not see the point, just had a full new system put in by Octopus and it's one of those things that is just better. But definitely not life changing
How much does it cost to do a casserole in the oven vs on the hob or in a slow cooker?
When you want to turn the bacon in the pan, do you turn off the gas? 🙂
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Camden_Neild
When you want to turn the bacon in the pan, do you turn off the gas? 🙂
Surely we all grill bacon these days to minimise the fat content?
So, my question is, and I’m genuinely interested on the saving money front, what would be the immediate benefit to me taking up my suppliers offer of a smart meter?
I have opted in for half hourly meter reads and can review the half hourly usage via a web portal, I found it handy to get an understanding of our peaks and troughs of usage. It gave me a little insight into how little our house uses when we are out or asleep then how much it jumps when we come home and everything gets switched on, as we dont get billed for peak demand no need for any action from us, just trying to use less.
Was handy to see that the wife had the heating on in the summer though as on one day she was cold!
When you want to turn the bacon in the pan, do you turn off the gas?
If you're calling me a miser, you couldn't be more wrong, I'm the complete opposite.
I was addressing the comment made by the poster's mother about knowing she's using energy because the lights are on. One thing that really irritates me is people putting others down with snarky comments when they think they're being the cleverest person alive; even more irritating when they aren't.
It collects information, knowledge is power.
Implementation of smart meters is awful. The intended benefits, if they got implementation rug right, help us use energy by showing us where we use it and what it costs, and secondly get us to smooth out peaks and troughs in usage by variable pricing and showing us when energy is cheap or costly. Eventually we could even have smart devices like water heaters, washing machines etc that are told by the meter when energy is cheap and they take advantage.
It's either that, or build more national Grid to move energy about at peak times... And another power station or 3. Ie, at peak load grid use is nearing capacity and it's a better way of managing capacity than rolling power cuts.
Implementation really is poor though!
My take on it is, smart meters aren't there to save money, they're there to make money. Just another component in the internet of shit. Why would companies be so keen to get you to take them otherwise?
