Posted on 09/02/2011 6:41:06 PM PDT by yorkie
“The electromagnetic field is the perfect secret agent: you cannot see it, you cannot smell it, you cannot hear it, and its effects are slow but relentless.” -By Volter Hertenstein, MP Bavarian Parliament
I ask NWVs to post this column on a Friday because it does require many hours of reading to fully understand the issue. By necessity, this new column is two parts as I'm trying, as I did in my first column, to put as much credible information all together in one place to make it easier for everyone fighting this new silent killer. We're all pressed for time. Thank you to everyone who sent in reference material in our efforts to share the truth and what we can do to stop this madness.
There is a major war being waged in this country, although you'd never know it by the silence from the old, disgraced media (ABC, CBS, NBC) and all the cable "news" networks. This new assault on our bodies and privacy is over another relatively new piece of technology that allegedly will save energy; it will also cost tens of thousands of jobs for meter readers. When I say millions of Americans are up in arms over this, I am not exaggerating.
If you are unfamiliar with this issue, please read my first column first on this to get a full understanding of how dangerous those 'smart meters' are and why you don't want one on your home or business.
Here, SJB - check this one out:
http://www.smartmeterdangers.org/
(And my closet is full of the good old fashioned light bulbs, thank you....LOL!)
You know...funny thing about the “curly lights” issue.....
We DECIDED to use those several years ago because they run cooler and save on electricity. Sounds logical, yes? That was before we were told we HAD to.
We actually had one of the stupid things CATCH ON FIRE in our kitchen light fixture! Thank God we were at home! I conclude that they are probably a danger, but now we don’t have a choice, and I just pray every time I leave the house that it’s not burned down when we get back home.
And..just for the record...PC POLICE EVERYWHERE...I toss them in the garbage. So take that! I’m polluting. YOUR fault not mine!
/rant :)
Can you imagine what is going to happen in our land fills? If they think they had pollutants before - guess what - this will cause monumental pollution!
NO ONE is going to take the burnt out ones to a special drop off - they will throw them in the trash!
I might do that sometimes just to raise havoc with the “system”! LOL!
Nope...in the trash they go. EPA needs to be taught a very expensive lesson to leave well enough alone!
I guess I just admitted to being a criminal! LOL!
Well, you aren't alone! Yesterday I locked my doors, pulled down all the shades and closed the curtains
And, went into my bedroom (being sure to lock the door behind me), and I tore the tags off my new pillows! Shhhhhh....
NO! At least my company's residential smart meters don't. They store a reading every few hours, and continually update the peak reading. The stored readings are sent back through the network every few hours, and eventually get to the utility. Why every few hours? So they can bill you less if you use more electricity on off-peak hours. It saves you money.
On-demand reads are hard in a residential environment; there's just not enough bandwidth to route the request to a specific meter through the network efficiently. They are reserved for high-volume users, like factories and big-box stores, who have even more sophisticated electric meters than your smart meter, and a dedicated cell-phone link.
Do these meters allow the utility to turn a user’s power off remotely? (not just the ones you work on, but in general)
Yes. The meters my company manufactures, and our competitors, have models that include a built-in remote cutoff switch. If you think about it, this is a good thing. Your power gets turned back on very quickly after you pay your bill. No need to roll a truck; they just send the command to turn on meter ID#xxxxxxxxxxxx (your physical address does NOT go over the network), and in a few minutes (ever how long it takes for the request to propogate down the network), your power comes back on.
Of course, it is up to individual utilities to purchase or not purchase the cutoff option.
As an RF engineer, that's what I use in our lab to measure emissions from the meters when they are designed, but I figured our hypochondriac friend wouldn't be able to afford such a thing!
Your point about gaussmeters measuring a static H field is of course correct.
Oh, please.
I feel it appropriate to add that any “smart meter” that can do more than a whole-house disconnect involves the power company coming in and doing things to the hookups of your appliances (primarily your A/C and your electric water heater).
This is a special deal you agree to with the power company in order to get better rates, and falls outside of the normal definition of “smart meter.”
Good rant!
LOL!
(((((Thank you for the Ping)))))
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.