Take Your Hands Off That Thermostat

California utilities would have control of the temperature of new homes and commercial buildings in emergencies with a radio-controlled thermostat, under a proposed state update to building energy efficiency standards. Customers could not override the thermostats during "emergency events," according to the proposal, part of a 236-page revision to building standards. The document is scheduled to be considered by the California Energy Commission, a state agency, on Jan. 30.

The description does not provide any exception for health or safety concerns. It also does not define what are "emergency events."

I'm so glad I got my family out of California's liberal la la land. The same people who want privacy in public think it's ok for the government to reach inside your home and tell you it's too comfortable. They believe terrorist attacks on the US do not mandate stronger security measures, but the threat of global Goreming is reason to surrender every right to left-wing storm nannies. Heaven help us.