BEWARE Smart Meters Coming
The number of adverts lauding the so-called benefits of the new "Smart Meters" is increasing. This is a nefarious creeping push by the energy companies to snoop on all of your energy usage whilst at the same time damaging your health through high strength microwave radiation.
It's very important that we all do our research here.
The new Smart Meters are said to be like having a mobile phone mast bolted to your house. Where you home WiFi router is designed to transmit its signal a few meters, energy Smart Meters can be designed to transmit their signal a number of MILES.
In the USA the advent of Smart Meters has resulted in mass protests, with countless people refusing to have them and refusing energy engineers access to their properties.
The same is happening in the UK. You are all going to get a "Hard Sell" to accept one or more of these new meters and that sales pitch will try and convince you that you could save money via the little gadget they will give you which lets you see the energy usage. In practice studies have shown that despite having this, people do not alter their consumption habits.
There are multiple issues with Smart Meters but the one you need to be most concerned with is the health issue. Being irradiated by the mobile phone/WiFi signal from these devices 24x7 is not a good idea for your health or that of your children.
The meters have this in-built mobile/WiFi capability so that they can send signals to a central/base station which may be located close to or far from your house. This will send info to your energy company about your energy usage including in the future how and when you do certain things like use the kettle, the shower and so on. Modern devices like fridges, freezers, TVs and the like are all going to come with RFID transmitters in them. The Smart Meters will be able to communicate with your boiler and other devices as time goes on.
Ultimately this is a foundation milestone for the energy companies who will likely later change your charging mechanism. Where you now get charged per unit of energy used, this may later change to a system where you will be charged different rates at different times of the day. Obviously having monitored everyone's energy usage, the companies will charge us the highest rate during the period we use the most energy. So ultimately, a Smart Meter will lead to you paying a lot more money.
Do your research here:
What is a ‘$mart’ Meter (and why is my profit-hungry energy company so desperate for me to have one)?
http://stopsmartmeters.org.uk/resour...-smart-meters/
Health Impacts
http://stopsmartmeters.org.uk/wp-con...cle-201405.pdf
IMPORTANT NOTES
1. If you need a new boiler and ask British Gas to install one, you will
by default get your energy meter swapped out to a new Smart Meter without any further consent. The small print in the contract for a new boiler allegedly contains a clause stating you accept a new meter.
READ THE SMALL PRINT !
2. Even if YOU realise the dangers of Smart Meters to your health, your neighbour may not. If they have a Smart Meter installed and if their house is close to yours, then you will still be constantly irradiated by their meter.
Therefore TALK TO YOUR NEIGHBOURS and ensure they understand the risks too
3. Despite anything the energy companies say to you, despite how hard the "sell", THEY CANNOT FORCE YOU to have a Smart Meter. They may even say to you that you MUST have one, but they are lying if they do.
one in the UK HAS to have a Smart Meter. However the energy companies are likely to penalise us if we don't accept one.
What price do you put on your health and that of your children?