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dukeyukey a day ago

There are comments here saying yes, rationing is planned.

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andyjohnson0 a day ago | parent | next [-]

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

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dofm a day 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 a day ago \| parent [-]
		Smart meters themselves aren't the problem. It's meters that can control HVAC.

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holaysuns a day 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 a day 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 a day 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.