Hey Texas, is that 78 degree thermostat setting mandatory or are we operating on the honor system?

[Under The Radar]

Why aren’t any anti-mask protesters upset with the new energy requirements? How many people do they actually feel will abide by this mandate?
https://abcnews.go.com/US/texas-residents-asked-conserve-energy-ercot-amid-heat/story?id=78275112h

[jimfields33]

1. Mine is at 80 in central Florida

78 would be an icebox. Brrrrr. My neighbors keep theirs freezing. Can’t imagine how they live in their homes.

[Fullduplexxx]

3. We have ours at 70

[jimfields33]

5. Holy cow. It must be Alaska in your home.

The electric bill would give me a heart attack I’m sure.

[Chainfire]

11. We keep ours at 70 as well.

It is much easier to breathe in the cool temp and low humidity. Our house is well insulated and the AC unit is very efficient, so the cost is not outrageous.

We are into the dog days of summer in the Deep South, I just checked, on the front porch it is 90 degrees F. and 75 percent humidity. A Thunder storm is brewing, It would be hot if it weren't cloudy. That is as rough as a cob on old folks.

[deepthought42]

39. Yuuuuuuuuup

Hot and humid here in Wilmington, NC. Boyfriend likes to keep it cool, and I get cold easily so we compromise and keep it at 72 pretty much year round. Our apartment complex is new, only opened a few months before we moved in last year, so it's well insulated. When we lost power last year due to Isaias, it stayed relatively cool for most of the day.

[Demovictory9]

15. that's cool

[Silent3]

8. Unless you have a de-humidifier running so that's a dry 78...

...I'd find that way too hot for comfort. Even with dry air, 78° is up there a bit for me.

[Jerry2144]

10. Here in Las Vegas

We keep ours at 75, even when humidity is only 10% (dew point of 21F). And we actually run a humidifier in the summer so we don’t dry out too badly. It will be a mild 112 at my house today.

[liberal_mama]

9. I have a room air conditioner in my bedroom that I keep at 60 degrees!

I'm always hot. I would die if I had to keep it at 78 degrees. Luckily, I don't live in Texas.

[W_HAMILTON]

18. We're twins.

I hate it hot as well and -- in addition to our house's standard HVAC system -- I had a window A/C installed a couple of years ago because in the summer, the HVAC system couldn't keep the whole house cool at 70 and it would instead creep up to 72 or higher at times in the afternoon, when the sun beats down badly on one side of our house. Life has been MUCH more comfortable since getting the window A/C to compliment the whole house HVAC unit.

One of life's simple pleasures is whenever I have to spend time in a hotel, I crank the A/C really down to like 64 or 66. I don't even think my window A/C goes below 66, and even if it could, at 66 it would probably run constantly since it won't be able to keep the bedroom that cool with these super hot, super humid summer days we have here.

[ThoughtCriminal]

17. I'm set to 80 in Arizona

Occasionally I will nudge it down to 79. But the cliche is true - it is a dry heat.

[Dial H For Hero]

31. 65 in the Denver area for me.

I like things cool.

[Fullduplexxx]

2. You cant get most Texans to wear a mask

[Under The Radar]

7. The hypocrisy is the point.

I understand the issue, 78degree setting is much more comfortable than 93 and no electricity. But the thermostat request doesn’t work if only a few follow it.
Just as the mask doesn’t help a society reach immunity unless everyone follows the guidelines.

Still neither issue compares to the Nazi party or are they treating their citizens as Jewish Holocaust prisoners. Both are for the safety of everyone.

[TxGuitar]

26. Now that's not true

There are still plenty of masks in our area.

[Nevilledog]

4. Where are all the "No one can tell me what temperature" freedumb losers?

[gay texan]

12. They are out there

I was mocking them exquisitely yesterday on local message boards

[Nevilledog]

13. Good job.

[chriscan64]

6. I had to freeze my ass off during the ice storm

because the "regulation" to winterize power plants was optional. If it had been a real regulation, it would have been a hell of a lot more enforceable than this 78 degree thing in everyone's homes and businesses. I get the concept, but good luck with that.

[SYFROYH]

14. My wife demands 68* in the summer in southern GA.

It's chilly.

[GB_RN]

28. That's Damned Cold

We keep it around there in the cardiac cath lab and OR (due to the equipment), year round, and I have to wear long sleeves, even in the summer.

[SYFROYH]

32. It is, but she doesn't ask very much of me. If it makes her happy...

[GB_RN]

33. If It Works...

[moonscape]

34. Sweet. n/t

[W_HAMILTON]

16. I don't see how people can live like that.

Back when I went to Texas for school, my roommate had it set to like 78 to 84 or something crazy like that and even he was sweating, just sitting in his damn apartment. Hell no. I remember the days when 68 was the typical "room temperature" and I've even relented and given up a few degrees of the years -- boiling frog parable and all that -- and I'm now okay with maybe 70 - 72, but temperatures upwards of 80? And in a humid ass place? That's another thing, for all the talk about Texas and those states having dry heat -- dry heat my ass. It's so hot that it makes no difference, it's still hot as hell.

[monkeyman1]

19. better watch out for thermostat police!!! they sneak up on golf cart's !!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

24. Mostly they use repurposed Cat Detector Vans imported from Britain. . . . nt

[Catherine Vincent]

20. I turn my up to 78 or 79 during the day

At night I crank it down to 75 because I don't like to get hot when I'm sleeping.

[twodogsbarking]

21. I sleep in the refrigerator,

next to the milk. The light does go off when you close the door.

[IronLionZion]

22. Those damn socialist windmills again

Texas isn't built for cold freezing winters. Fine. But they can surely handle hot summers. Right?

Maybe it's time to regulate again.

[pnwmom]

23. Ours is set at 68.

Oh, wait, that's the heat!

Except the heat's not on either because it's 68 outside.

[Marthe48]

25. I have mine at 72-74

I run a dehumidifier in the basement.

I have trouble with higher temps and humidity. My utility bills aren't too horrible.

[Comfortably_Numb]

27. So Abbott is a liar. He said the lege "fixed the grid" and all is well.

Apparently unless it’s hot or cold in Texas. What a tool.

[C Moon]

29. I stayed at one of the big hotels in Vegas years ago...

when I got into the room, it was freezing, and I saw that the thermostat was set to 65.
I guess that's to keep people awake and ready to gamble (I'm not a gambler, though). But I do love cold temps over hot.

[callous taoboy]

30. 78 here in the hill country

[tanyev]

35. Ours is set to go to 78 during the day when we're not at home,

but hubby is still working from home. So we’re bumping it from the usual 74 up to 76 right now. I don’t mind wearing a mask all day at work, but I do find it hard to breathe in a warm house.

[Under The Radar]

37. I too try to help, but I just can't sleep when I am sweating

So 74 degrees is my limit at night. Even that requires a fan blowing on me.

[ananda]

36. I keep mine mostly at 80.

Occasionally I turn it down a little.

[hunter]

38. When we were poor and living in the Midwest...

... our little window air conditioner was basically working full time as a bedroom dehumidifier. It was just powerful enough that we could sleep uncovered. The temperature in our bedroom wasn't much lower than it was outside but the humidity was low enough that we didn't wake up soaked in sweat.

We now live in a place where air conditioning isn't any kind of necessity. Most homes and apartments here don't have it.

When it gets hot inland and that hot air rises it pulls cool Pacific air across us.

Coastal California can be cool in the summer. If you are visiting don't forget to bring a hoodie.