it's like something out of a dystopian movie, an energyl bi company locking colorado residents out of their smart thermostat as temperatures rose to ninety degrees this week. 90e grthey're blaming it on an enery emergency. but in fairness, i itt only affected customers who choose to be a part ofonly p a program that offers money in exchange for giving up control of their thermostat toin saveave energy. >> greg, why would you choosee to be a part of it? lesson for best the joys of delayed gratification, human nature is you take the immediateke t benefit for the for the foher id ther the delayedia benefit. >> so it's like they offered him a hundred bucks, they said, and then an we might turn off your thermostat and you're like, i got a hundred buckurs. well this is what happened.likem it's like me saying to you, i'll give you one hundred bucks today.e you $100 today next month i'm going to comext h kick you in the pants. you're like sure, whatever . yoi that's this is you've got toeve. tharn. >> so it's on them. judge and yeat it governments we controls the answer to the energy problems. right? i want them controlling my thermostat. yeah, really. e it's the whole idea is so big brother to me. we're going to controlge jeani

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