Global warming and usability

 A researcher at CHI2011 said what can usability do about global warming - an awful lot I said. An article has turned up proving my point. 


There is a good article in Scientific American showing that 

1. If you install a smart meter you don't get any energy savings instantly. 
2. Most people don't know how to change the settings on their smart meter to get any savings at all. 

This is basically a usability problem but the problem for a researcher like me is how to get a paper out about getting it right.