FYI
They don’t ask you. They tell you.
Hmmmm... interesting
My presence on this forum should be a clue as to which I chose. I don't have time to make my own electricity!
If I can afford to pay my utilities this is an invasion of my privacy.
Perhaps this should be in the homes of those who can’t and must rely on the government. But I’m sure that won’t happen. In the name of compassion and fairness those who can afford will be limited while those who can’t afford will not. If wealth is going to be spread around they figure energy should be too.
What a bunch of techno-crap. Must have been written by the same outfit that did global warming research.
Not all smart meters are wireless (after all the damn things are hooked to a wire), but if they are (like many AMR systems today), the power level is a fraction of that of a cellphone, wi-fi, or other consumer wireless device.
There are some valid concerns about demand-response, for example, but articles like this that ignore them and spew technical gibberish do more harm than good.
I'm a smart meter designer.
No, they cannot report what you're doing. I only wish they had enough memory for such things.
No, the radio waves (NOT RADIATION) they emit is not dangerous, no more so than a cell phone. They only transmit a few times a day.
Yes, they can be programmed to turn your power off. So pay your bill.
Any other questions?
It also reminds me of the following quote to help illustrate the point I'm trying to make:
"Those who sell their liberty for security are understandable, if pitiable, creatures. Those who sell the liberty of others for wealth, power, or even a moment’s respite, deserve only the end of a rope... America’s historic misfortune is that her people have seldom been equal to the ideals upon which their nation was established. "— L. Neil Smith, The American Zone (2001)
Government sells out to monied interests to secure campaign cash. Business sells out principles to buy either protection or influence. Take another swirl 'round the toilet bowl.
Add in a few useless idiots to act as a false flag/misdirection to keep the public looking elsewhere, and you have what is going on right now.
Pull the plug. Format the hard-drive. Use the Constitution as a restore disk. Let's put this thing back together from scratch...
“We haven’t heard much about these things lately, but thery have not gone away.”
Same as with the ‘Food Safty Bill’ and Obamacare.
The ice is melting right beneath our feet and we barely hear a peep out of ‘conservative’ pundits, talk show hosts and elected representatives.
I’ve had a meter on my AC compressor for over 15 years in Wisconsin. Never a problem.
these wireless meters will emit dangerous radio microwave frequencies throughout our homes every day.
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we already have radio microwaves in our home.
Nope, they haven’t gone away. My son has been working for a company installing these things for over a year now....all over central Cali.
We got our notice yesterday that these things will be installed “soon”.
It angers me that CenterPoint Energy makes it sound like a wonderful thing.
It angers me that the new meter will carry an FCC stamp. What does the FCC have to do with our electricity if not to, at some point, transmit personal information?
It scares me that I don’t understand the pros (if any) or the cons of this installation.
It angers me that this is part of the Stimulus package.
It angers me that these things are made by General Electric, which lives in this crooked administration’s back pocket.
I’m confused because I don’t know if we have any real options regarding its installation. This “ implied consent” thing seems like new-speak for “we don’t care about your concerns”.
Most of all, it angers me that we are losing personal freedoms to Big Brother, who is only interested in power and control.
I ‘m not a negative person, but this one makes me feel defeated.
I’ve written CenterPoint telling them they do not have my consent, implied or otherwise. Is my only option now to sit back and just watch them install the thing?
(questions not directed specifically to you, jmaroneps37 - it’s more that I’m ranting at the world in general)
This is why IBM wants to build a “smarter” planet. It’s all connected.