End of last month’s power cuts welcomed, more summer cuts opposed
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This time it is iShare taking a look at scheduled power cuts, finding that not surprisingly, most people were glad to get back to regular power, but a lower than I might have thought majority were opposed to them restarting in the summer.
Demographics
Between the 8th and 11th of April 2011 922 members of the CLUB BBQ free email forwarding service completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 53.7% of the sample were male, 2.3% in their twenties, 45.0% in their thirties, and 52/7% in their forties.
If this summer is as hot as last summer, and last summer’s power consumption patterns are repeated, the Tokyo area will be short about 1 gigawatt of power generation capability. However, there are a lot of moves afoot, such as vending machines cutting their refrigeration to consume about 30% less power, pachinko parlours shutting down their neon signs, and companies everywhere getting rid of unnecessary lighting, although from the images I’ve seen on TV it does seem a bit excessive, such as cinemas turning off the lighting on street-level posters (perhaps A2 in size?), making it look as if they are actually shut, all for a less than a kilowatt saved.
Research results
Q1A: On the 6th of April, Tokyo Electric Power Company announced the end of scheduled power cuts for April, as with the weather warming up and with people cutting their usage, they now have sufficient leeway. What do you think about the end of power cuts for the time being? (Sample size=922)
| All | Male N=495 |
Female N=427 |
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| Completely agree | 39.4% | 45.5% | 32.3% |
| Somewhat agree | 48.0% | 42.0% | 55.0% |
| Somewhat oppose | 9.9% | 8.9% | 11.0% |
| Completely oppose | 2.7% | 3.6% | 1.6% |
Q1B: On the 6th of April, Tokyo Electric Power Company announced the end of scheduled power cuts for April, as with the weather warming up and with people cutting their usage, they now have sufficient leeway. What do you think about the end of power cuts for the time being? (Sample size=922)
| All | Had power cut N=232 |
Didn’t have power cut N=690 |
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| Completely agree | 39.4% | 57.3% | 33.3% |
| Somewhat agree | 48.0% | 35.3% | 52.3% |
| Somewhat oppose | 9.9% | 6.5% | 11.0% |
| Completely oppose | 2.7% | 0.9% | 3.3% |
Q2: What do you think about more scheduled power cuts in the hotter summer months? (Sample size=232, those who had experienced power cuts)
| All | Male N=127 |
Female N=105 |
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| Completely agree | 5.6% | 5.5% | 5.7% |
| Somewhat agree | 34.1% | 39.4% | 27.6% |
| Somewhat oppose | 37.5% | 31.5% | 44.8% |
| Completely oppose | 22.8% | 23.6% | 21.9% |
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mum in hosp. just vertigo, but unpleasant.
PS it doesn’t take a lot to save ‘just’ half a kilowatt to add up to a gigawatt, and if it is widespread….
basically i think they are doing the right thing