Home Automation, does anyone do this

[Energy-Miser]

That type of tech is currently available for commercial applications...

Not trying to pick a bone, IMO the people who can afford for their home - such are not worried about the price of energy, just the availablity to as much as they can. Even install solar just to keep up with the Jone's - if it won't even make a dent in the pool heating costs thats OK.

I know, and right now the price of energy in this country is still a bargain. It will probably not stay that way for too long, but your point is well taken. Even at a hypothetical $5 / kwh, there are people who will consume for the sake of consumption and just because they can ! e/m.