Comments on: Smart Meters: A Wireless Gamble?

By: Mark Sait

Mark Sait — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 15:06:23 +0000

There does seem to be a number of urgent questions to be answered about the smart meter programme.
Today, we’ve seen the announcement of the preferred bidders for the national programme and the mind-boggling costs involved – £12 billion. Are we making the best choices?
If the point is to manage our energy (and water) consumption better, surely more needs to be done to help every business and household to take simple steps to cut use of electricity and water, even gas.
A national programme promoting effective tap aerators and eco shower heads would help – perhaps delivering reductions of up to 50 per cent.
LED lighting is also proven to cut electricity consumption by anything up to 90 per cent. Not every property will achieve these savings but there will be substantial reductions in every case.

By: Bonjour

Bonjour — Tue, 13 Aug 2013 22:54:32 +0000

Dr. Schoechle, author of “Getting Smarter About the Smart Grid,” however, calls the smart meters being rolled out across the U.S. “a canard — a story or hoax based on specious claims about energy benefits…” He says the right investments for a true smart grid have been delayed by the focus on new meters.

Billions of Dollars Spent on Weakening US Electricity Grid and Economy

There’s really nothing smart about wireless “smart” meters. According to the report, billions of dollars in federal subsidies for “smart” utility meters have been misspent on meter technology that will simply NOT lead to energy sustainability or contribute to the possibility of a more efficient and responsive electricity grid.

http://www.saveamericafoundation.com/2012/12/06/getting-smarter-about-the-smart-grid-by-dr-mercola/

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/09/self-combusting-smart-meters/

http://krebsonsecurity.com/2012/04/fbi-smart-meter-hacks-likely-to-spread/

http://www.myfoxdc.com/story/22240644/fox-5-investigates-smart-meters-spark-controversy#axzz2btWVFBfT

http://www.forbes.com/sites/williampentland/2011/05/03/not-so-smart-meters-overbilling-californians/

County of Santa Cruz Health Services Agency: http://emfsafetynetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Health-Risks-Associated-With-SmartMeters.pdf

By: roberto olmos

roberto olmos — Tue, 13 Aug 2013 16:04:36 +0000

Hello
I wold like to get more information and datasheet for this meter, actually I am selling some these products and I would like to get innovation on this products

By: Hikotimo

Hikotimo — Tue, 13 Aug 2013 03:05:42 +0000

Anyone who is interested in the “smart” meter gamble should check out this forthcoming documentary film on the pro’s and con’s of the “smart” grid: http://www.takebackyourpower.net Seems like a great expose of the real situation we find ourselves in…