My neighbors here in Vermont were up in arms about the wireless transmission business as a possible health threat.
Frankly, I think that’s very doubtful. But our local power company decided to install smart meters that report back over the lines, so the new meters have gone in without any fuss.
I don’t see why on earth they can’t all do that. I don’t imagine it’s any more expensive or difficult to install, and it alleviate all that anxiety, whether or not its warranted.
I can see that people might not want the power company spying on their minute by minute use of power. But what’s the big deal? It does save a lot of money by making it unnecessary for meter readers to make the rounds every month. And it makes it a bit easier to figure out where a power outage is.
Like ATM machines, more unemployment excuses for Baraq, LOL.