Posted on 10/27/2009 10:19:22 AM PDT by Nachum
Would you sign up for a discount with your power company in exchange for surrendering control of your thermostat? What if it means that, one day, your auto insurance company will know that you regularly arrive home on weekends at 2:15 a.m., just after the bars close?
Welcome to the complex world of the Smart Grid, which may very well pit environmental concerns against thorny privacy issues. If you think such debates are purely philosophical, you’re behind the times.
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Owners of vehicles with ONSTAR are already in the system with their driving patterns.
against thorny privacy issues.
There is not right to privacy between two private (non-governmental) persons.
If my auto insurance company demands I allow my driving habits to be monitored, I can accpet that offer or reject it (and find another auto insurance company.)
The free market will work this out.
Put one of these on your home and you will lower the resale price as many Americans won’t want the house. I’m sure once the meter is installed, they won’t let you switch it back.
Will a renter be able to request one of these without the permission of the owner of the home?
Nope! Never, never, never!!!
What a strange coincidence that Obama is now pushing the smart grid. Will we see reductions in electrical availability for those who do not vote as he prefers?
Watch the sale of portable home generators go up....
I would tell my electric utility to go pound salt (which I hope we would all do, as their heads will start to explode when the ROI numbers on their Smart Grid investments start coming up ZERO)
Electric company just offered my 90 year old Mom a deal. For an annual rebate of $50 they would put a smart switch on her air conditioner which would shut down the unit during periods of peak demand. Like, when it is really hot outside.
Mom declined.
I would NEVER allow that system to be installed in my home.
I dont even call them smart meters.. I call them what they are.. Spy meters.
They can go shut off the AC in all the Obama voters homes before they will ever get access to mine.
Looks like its time to beef up my already existing solar setup here.
We got the same offer. I don’t know how many around here agreed, but my guess is the number is asymptotic to zero.
If the meter knows what’s good for it it won’t say a damn thing.
Just kind of for the hell of it I called them up and asked them what would happen if they shut down my ac during one of those 'peak demand' periods and one of my pets died.
Dead silence from the other end of the phone.
I asked what would happen if an elderly person died from heat stroke during one of their little 'shutdowns'.
Dead silence yet again.
I asked if they could be held legally liable for those damages or if I'd have to sign some sort of release form.
Again, dead silence.
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Smart grid is a lame attempt to create Federally subsidized green jobs because we are unable to create real jobs due to 0bama idiocy and our outsourcing of industry to China/Asia the last 25 years
IBM advertises heavy for smart grid because it looks to get on the Federal gravy train.
IBM wants to provide the computers, software etc for the smart grid
<Like, when it is really hot outside.
That’s what I don’t get - why cut off air conditioners when it’s really hot? How are they going to judge who’s at home and who isn’t? What if I work nights and am at home during the hot part of the day?
I’m going to include this discussion as part of my policy class next term. I just spent some time reading the comments and they are fascinating. I’m not sure the utility has thought through the unintended consequences of this plan.
I believe there have been non-peak use plans for some time. Deciding to turn on the dishwasher after 10 pm is one thing. Having the utility turn off your TV every time you leave the room to go to the bathroom is something else.
Good grief! That metal lathe draws some power!
I guess IF you sign up for it, it'd be ok with you for them to cut off the energy.
The day the meter opens its mouth it will get busted in the chops.
I am so sick of all this “smart stuff”.
LOL!
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