The thing is, I know what's going on, here. Sure, some people want to keep their windows shut for allergy reasons, but it got pretty hot a few days ago so people switched their thermostats to cooling mode and simply stopped thinking about the weather.

It got to about 73° in here from insolation before I opened up windows, so some ACs would definitely be kicking on by now if people did the ol' set and forget

And THEN. Then there's those people who live such decadent lives as to put their thermostat in "auto" mode

This Midwesterner finds that lifestyle so foreign

@leoncowle if your deadband, is that wide, then I don't really have much of an issue.

But see, when the weather is all weird and wild like it is now, I will leave the thermostat off until I feel like I need heat or cooling. That way, if it's going to get cold overnight but warm up the next day, the heat doesn't come on for no reason

@leoncowle similarly, if it's going to get to 85° tomorrow but cool off to 55 at night, I will just deal with it getting a little bit hotter inside than I normally accept because I know it's going to get cold again.

Auto mode, to my sensibilities, let you stop thinking about the weather at the expense of increased energy use.

But, how you have it set, I suppose senseless energy use is rare