NYTimes: How to Prevent Summer Blackouts

Using people’s reputations to encourage them to participate in programs for the public good.

If a person’s reputation is on the line it makes him or her more likely to do the right thing. Does the opposite hold true?  How about posting lists of people who are not participating. Similar results?

Its also hard to understand why public utilities can’t mandate use of the devices mentioned to prevent blackouts.

NYTimes: How to Prevent Summer Blackouts
http://nyti.ms/1qGpcdW