Xcel Energy's SmartGridCity experiment in Boulder, Colorado ... appears now to have been a failure. [Edison Electric Institute president Thomas] Kuhn ... said it appears the problem in Boulder was that the target population was just too affluent: Despite the known green-mindedness of Boulderites, a major factor in Xcel's selecting the small city for its smart grid test run, it seems most of them do not care all that much about the modest monetary savings they stand to make from paying attention to electricity usage signals.It looks like it’s not just those dumb Red State yokels who are going against their best interests.
Actually the consumers are going against the greenie’s perception of what the consumer’s best interest should be ... exactly the same mistake Thomas Franks made with his book What’s the Matter With Kansas?.
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