What is it foil does to the meters? And does this make the electric co. be able to read the meter?

Paul, about 10 years ago I lived in the (hot) central valley CA and we were told to conserve energy (especially during the day) to avoid rolling blackouts, and guess what, we did! And completely avoided them. And in the 1980s in California, we voluntarily conserved water when we were told we had to or we’d run out. People don’t need a wireless device to save energy, they just need a good reason to do it. The $2.2 BILLION could have been spent on renewable energy, education, and true energy conservation measures, NOT cancer/spy meters. Utility companies have no right to collect our private information or expose us to powerful pulses of harmful microwave radiation. They can upgrade the grid to higher efficiency without a “smart” meter on everyone’s home.

Most people with half a brain know that lights use energy, and that leaving computers on to read “in home displays” of how much energy that their computers are using, even when they have the lights turned off, uses energy also. Most computers use as much as 3 or 4 lights.
Yes, the new meter program is “greenwashing”, no doubt about that at all.
I talked to a friend who lives in Trinity county last night. He said it was 101 degrees at 7:00 pm last night.
He said that PG&E recently installed a new radio meter at his house recently, and that his electric bill increased by about 20 percent.
I was very surprised to hear that , considering that he lives way up above highway 299, where there are no receivers for the meters. Yes, his meter is still read by a person.
He is not opposed to technology, is into it heavily, but does oppose the new meters. He said that he read how thousands of the new meters were recalled because of malfunctioning due to excessive heat, and where he lives is hotter than a pistol, even hotter than Redding !
He said that he is going to get a mirror and focus it on the new meter to make sure it really gets tested for heat.
Hopefully, he can get that meter up to around 150 degrees F.
It’s interesting, but up north, where there is no broadband internet or DSL, he is exited about the Wi-Fi networks expanding in that area. He said is much faster than Hughes or DirectWay (Rupert Murdoch’s) satellite internet.
I’ll keep everyone posted on what is going on up north. His idea about the mirror to heat up the new meters is brilliant, if I had a new meter, I would do it too.

“…83 percent of the 500 Houston homeowners who participated reported turning off lights at night or when leaving a room after seeing how much power they consumed on an in-home display.” In short, they consumed less electricity when they had a smart meter installed and were aware of their consumption.

You’re half right Danny. They do want to control the citizens at any cost. BUt do we really need new power plants? Or do we just need to eliminate the extraordinary waste of electricity- mainly by industry and corporations. You cannot have infinite growth on a finite planet- eventually it must all collapse- and that is exactly where we are headed… -SSM!