The more rational folks in the anti-meter movement—and make no mistake, this is a movement to be taken seriously—are also campaigning for cell phone warnings. But for the most part, the movement is focused only on interval meters.It's disingenuous to argue that meters are hazardous and not take the fight all the way. So, if wireless meters go, so do radios, TVs, cell phones, laptops, airplanes and, by extension, national defense and modern commerce. It's that simple. And we haven't begun to discuss data privacy and interval meters.
Thank you Phil at Intelligent Utility and Matt with Vermonters for a Clean Environment.
ReplyDeleteFinally we have a rational public debate. This sort of public discourse is what our country was built on.
It is absolutely true that wireless technology will never go away, as electro-smog, like air pollution is an unavoidable by-product of human activity.
Never the less, individuals and industries can be challenged to find ways to reduce such pollution for the good of all, especially the good of the youngest. Some times the answers to reducing air pollution are simply a matter of personal choice. Education is key.
I understand that the security/data privacy issues are important with regard to wireless utility meters. In fact, if an insecure system results in long term power outages, and a rash of burglaries. I could argue that an increase in the incidence of these events are in fact additional health risks the public will suffer due to a wireless metering system.
Why not address both issues simultaneously and seriously? Like electro-smog and air pollution, the cat's out of the bag!
Phil said. "Here's a smattering of websites dedicated to stopping smart meters for a variety of reasons. I'll say this: these folks are way better organized than the power industry, they are creating converts every day and they're not going to stop with a puny opt-out option."
ReplyDeletePlease!!!
The average person (such as myself) does not have much incentive to spend time and energy on this subject. Most of us just want some balance and rationality in decision-making processes that affect our lives and our pocket books.
Why should the utility industry be urged to take a defensive stance?
Why not work together in Vermont to find workable mutually beneficial solutions? The opt-out option is evidence that such an approach does work in Vermont. Most people here see our utilities as our neighbors, and a good neighbor at that!
No one benefits when dismissed concerns devolve into mudslinging except perhaps folks who are paid to sling the mud.