turn off the lights

So Neil may be everywhere but he doesn't know everything.

It was posted on Rust that this happened at a recent concert:
"Also, a few songs later [neil] went into a rambling discourse about the power grid, and how we have the power in the US, and the best power grid out there, and the electricity is always flowing, except in a brown out. He was saying that when you turn off the light, you aren't saving power because it's still there being generated. I'm not sure what Neil meant here, but this simply isn't true.

"Turning off lights and other load will cause generation to be backed off on the other side--generation and load must match at all times. The Eastern Interconnect--North America's grid east of the Rockies--is one of the largest machines in the world. Consuming less energy/power is the single most effective "demand / response" action anyone can do.

"Every time you turn on the lights, something dies."

- written by indydave