There is a whole lot more to smart meters than you have in your comment. If it were only long distance meter reading, the issues would be far less, However it does put people out of work, and the initial expense of changing to new meters isn’t cheap.
Automobiles put buggy whip workers out of work, too. Geez. Luddies on FR?
Electric meters have to be changed out every few years anyway. They get out of calibration. Might as well go back with a smart meter, because companies like mine make that attractive. You see, we hate manufacturing the old "spinny disk" electromechanical meters. We want to go to all-electronic meters. Not only do our customers (the utilities) love them, it's good for us, too, because we can improve accuracy and make more money on them.
Please don't tell me you think us making money is evil. It pays my salary and that of 2,000 others.