> There's lots of amusingly Telegraph-esque outrage here. But the article makes it clear that the reduction is due to reduction in demand, due in part to improvements in efficiency, but also regrettable deindustrialization, and increased importing of electricity

Right – those things aren't great. What's so amusing or outrageous about pointing that out?

> Nobody is planning to ration electricity suppies.

Did the link say they were? Maybe I missed it.

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lazyasciiart 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

The Telegraph-esque outrage in the comments here is explicitly people complaining about the idea of rationing their electricity, which as you point out is not suggested by any part of the article.

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dukeyukey 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

There are comments here saying yes, rationing is planned.

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andyjohnson0 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I don't see any evidence for that. Just people saying it.

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dofm 3 hours ago | parent [-]

To be fair, the people who think it believe that smart meters are how it will happen, so their existence would be all the evidence they actually need that it will.

I have no view either way (or a smart meter)

	▲	kevin_thibedeau 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Smart meters themselves aren't the problem. It's meters that can control HVAC.

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holaysuns 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

There don't seem to be any comments on this thread referring to rationing.

And FYI energy rationing has been one policy consideration for decades.

UK gov energy rationing proposal [1] 'Personal carbon allowances [2]

There's always discussion about this sort of thing, it's not fear mongering to point out that fact.

[1] https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200607/cmselect/cmen... [2] https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-021-00756-w

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Jtsummers 3 hours ago | parent [-]

> There don't seem to be any comments on this thread referring to rationing.

Trivially falsifiable statement, just read the comments in this thread:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50076266

>> But their great idea to deal with the shortage is intermittent availability of power.

In other words: rationing.

	▲	holaysuns 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		One possible reference to rationing - that is actually not a reference to rationing - does not infer that the thread is loaded with Telegaph-esque rants about rationing. You're doubling down on the misrepresentation. There are zero references to rationing on this thread - and yet the top commenter calling this out as some kind of 'Telgraph-equ' nonsnes. 'Intermittent availability of power' - is absolutely not a reference to 'rationing' and if it were, it wouldn't be any kind of basis for hyperbole over 'rationing'. I gave evidence of two examples of govenmental policies around rationing, and it's definitely not via 'power outages' - that's absurd - rolling blackouts only happen during emergency situations. You've stated that the conversations has tilted to 'rationing' is 'trivially falsifiable' and at the same time haven't produced any evidence.

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andyjohnson0 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> Did the link say they were? That seems like a red herring.

By "here" I meant posts on this thread, not in the content of the article.