Who Wins?

Back in October, I attended a college football game; Dartmouth's homecoming game against Columbia. I had an electrosmog meter with me to monitor the levels of RF radiation in the stands. While I try to avoid RF and EMFs whenever possible, when I attend public gatherings, I like to know exactly what I'm getting myself into.

RF field strength approaching 0.5 Volts per meter
(normal levels are 0.005-0.010 V/m)

As I watched the game, I'd check my meter every once in a while. At one of those instances, the gentleman next to me leaned over and asked me, "what the heck is that?"

I replied, "It's a meter that measures the amount of radio frequencies in the air." His interest was piqued and we chatted a bit. I explained that I'd been studying radio frequencies and was looking at how RF was being used to upgrade the electric grid. It turned out he knew exactly what I was talking about because he had gotten together with a friend a few days ago, who happened to be an attorney for Green Mountain Power.

I asked him what he thought about GMP's plans to implement Smart Meters.

His response: "GMP wouldn't be installing Smart Meters unless they benefited their shareholders."