Comments on: European Electro-Smog Protest This Week https://stopsmartmeters.org/2011/11/14/european-electro-smog-protest-this-week/ Fighting for health, privacy, and safety Sat, 24 Dec 2011 22:25:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 By: Conrad Ritter https://stopsmartmeters.org/2011/11/14/european-electro-smog-protest-this-week/#comment-26410 Sat, 24 Dec 2011 22:25:18 +0000 https://stopsmartmeters.org/?p=2781#comment-26410 See how were doing, withrespect to smart Meters, in B.C. Canada.
Citizens for Safe Technology

]]> By: Redi Kilowatt https://stopsmartmeters.org/2011/11/14/european-electro-smog-protest-this-week/#comment-19033 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:36:06 +0000 https://stopsmartmeters.org/?p=2781#comment-19033 About European Electro-Smog and other things related to utilities.
We have it very bad here, and it is getting worse with all these new radio transmitting meters being added. Not all states or regions have allowed the new meters, for many reasons.
But in Europe, things are much different. According to one blogger yesterday, in the UK, the utility conducts “energy audits” of peoples private homes. The officers do a complete investigation of the whole home. They note all lights, appliances and devices, read the rating plates and document all electrical devices and appliances, then tally up everything and evaluate efficiency and make reports to be kept on file with the government and share that information with law enforcement and corporations. They can even force a subject to buy a new appliance if they want to. Talk about Big Brother.
And something I saw on RT news this morning, in Oxford, England the government has just ordered all “houses” to be equipped with CCTV cameras and microphones, recording the inside of their subjects homes both audio and video. Many of these CCTV systems are wireless devices transmitting inside peoples homes. Obviously each and every home must have a broadband connection, either fiber-optic or coaxial cable.
Just imagine if our government tried to pull off something like that here. Imagine, having to let PG&E inside your home to document what makes and models of lights and appliances everyone has. There would be an uproar.
Perhaps some of these accounts written by Europeans about smart meters are not all science fiction, I have seen people on TV in the UK protesting that they are tired of the way that their governments spy on and control their subjects.
Hopefully, for us in the United States, things will never deteriorate to such a low level of privacy and freedom as it is in Europe.

]]> By: Jim https://stopsmartmeters.org/2011/11/14/european-electro-smog-protest-this-week/#comment-18953 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 06:55:57 +0000 https://stopsmartmeters.org/?p=2781#comment-18953 URGENT: Nevada PUC is doing an investigation into “Smart” Meters.

Comments need to be in by FRIDAY NOON ! YOU CAN SEND THEM VIA THE WEB!

So get your concerns in NOW! Use the example text at the link at the top this page to help you cover all the concerns.

“interested persons are asked to FILE WRITTEN COMMENTS ON OR BEFORE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2011 BY 12:00 P.M. regarding Smart Meter concerns in the following areas: Health and Safety; Privacy and Security; Accuracy and Reliability; and Customer Service as it specifically relates to notification, installation, and NV Energy call backs regarding Smart Meters. The written comments should include any supporting documentation relied on as the basis for the concern.”

The docket number is 11-10007 and this is where you write the comments on their website:
http://puc.nv.gov/ConsumerInfo/Form1.aspx

]]> By: RobertWilliams https://stopsmartmeters.org/2011/11/14/european-electro-smog-protest-this-week/#comment-18943 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 06:04:29 +0000 https://stopsmartmeters.org/?p=2781#comment-18943 SMART METERS ARE ONLY GOOD FOR UTILITY COMPANY EXECUTIVES

Concepts and theory sounds great, but upon closer inspection:

A. Utility bills are increasing where smart meters are installed, not decreasing.

B. Customer information from smart meters is NOT formatted for customers and does NOT change customer behavior towards conservation.

C. Increased utility rates may decrease energy usage, but that can be done with inexpensive time-of-use meters, NOT requiring expensive smart meters.

D. The cost – benefit of smart meters is horrendous and is being promoted to profit the utility companies and their suppliers, not customers or our society or our environment.

E. The Smart Grid does NOT use or require a smart meter on each home. The necessary smart information can be gathered much more efficiently and timely and inexpensively at energy distribution points. (The smart grid does not care how much power any one home uses.)

F. The vast amount of unnecessary and nearly useless information to be handled and stored may actually end up raising energy usage.

G. This massive Billions-of-dollars smart meter program will leave NO funds for programs that would truly bring energy saving solutions and the public will not be receptive to real solutions after being burned by these Smart meters.

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