Comment Re:Mod Parent Up (Score 1) 230
I agree with most of what both posts said, about how great it could be if the appliances would consume energy according to a set budget. However, I don't agree with the quoted idea about polling for power consumption by using a web site or some other paperless method being worthless.
Specially if the user could actually monitor which appliances are the ones consuming the most. This data could be further exploited with software by creating recommendations based on this consumption.
The big hassle right now would of course be related to the fact that this devices aren't "smart" enough and monitoring would depend on the user providing some info manually. I guess right now this would mean that the results wouldn't be as precise, but an interested user could get approximate results from this in order to make changes that benefit his/her pocket and/or the environment.
And of course, as technology matures, things can get better by providing easier to use interfaces and the proposed idea of smart appliances, as already mentioned here.
