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> but how much consumption can you really move around like that, and how many energy hogs can you just decide to not use? If you notice high energy use while cooking, are you going to start eating more salads instead?

There’s been some interest in this locally due to energy regulation moving to a more punishing system for peak usage. Also high electricity prices. And the topic came up that people would be encouraged to do things that are considered unsafe like washing their clothes while they are sleeping.

Things like this need to be automated. (And be safe.) Manually following fancy gadgets won’t make much of a difference.

Meanwhile we’re (or were, don’t know the current status) selling hydropower to the rest of the Europe during the fall, emptying the reservoirs before the winter so that electricity prices become unreasonable (leading to strategies like washing your clothes while you sleep or just being content to freeze while indoors).

And I have never seen a good argument for the export/import (Europe) arrangement. But I guess we can try to sideline that whole conversation by nagging people to turn off the light in the bathroom when it’s not busy.



Maybe it's because Britain introduced cheap electricity overnight in the 1970s (before I was born), but I've never thought of using the washing machine overnight as unsafe. The dishwasher too.

Trading electricity between Europe gives us lower prices overall, and a more stable and efficient grid.


> Trading electricity between Europe gives us lower prices overall,

For some definition of us.


The area covered by the grid. I assume prices have increased in some areas, e.g. northern Sweden and Norway.


I need to practice my sardonic replies.


I'm baffled, why is washing my clothes while sleeping considered dangerous? Can you please elaborate?


I don’t know. A case of either Electricians or Bureaucrats Are Saying.

You can’t even leave your phone brush/phone to charge unattended, apparently.




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