1. Observe and interact: By taking time to engage with nature we can design solutions that suit our particular situation.
Smart Meters are a one-size-fits-all solution that emit pulsed RF regardless of what or who is nearby. They are completely blind to their environment.
2. Catch and store energy: By developing systems that collect resources at peak abundance, we can use them in times of need.
Smart Meters do have a capacitor that will send a "last gasp" burst of RF to the utility to report an outage. For the same cost of a new digital wireless electric meter, each home could have been provided a deep cycle battery to use in the event of a power outage, at least for lighting and communication.
3. Obtain a yield: Ensure that you are getting truly useful rewards as part of the work that you are doing.
Utilities are building a massive collection of old analog meters that will be worth millions in scrap for their metal.
4. Apply self-regulation and accept feedback: We need to discourage inappropriate activity to ensure that systems can continue to function well.
Utilities are not accepting unfavorable feedback at this time.
5. Use and value renewable resources and services: Make the best use of nature's abundance to reduce our consumptive behavior and dependence on non-renewable resources.
Fail.
6. Produce no waste: By valuing and making use of all the resources that are available to us, nothing goes to waste.
Millions of perfectly good analog meters are being scrapped and replaced with smart meters that consume power. That's pretty wasteful!
7. Design from patterns to details: By stepping back, we can observe patterns in nature and society. These can form the backbone of our designs, with the details filled in as we go.
Nature doesn't work like a microwave mesh network.
8. Integrate rather than segregate: By putting the right things in the right place, relationships develop between those things and they work together to support each other.
Wireless infrastructure should be placed at elevated locations , away from residences. Utilities could have integrated their customers by giving them the option of reading their own meters.
9. Use small and slow solutions: Small and slow systems are easier to maintain than big ones, making better use of local resources and producing more sustainable outcomes.
Supposedly (according the the Vermont Department of Public Service) a 10% opt out rate might render the wireless mesh network useless. So much for scalability.
10. Use and value diversity: Diversity reduces vulnerability to a variety of threats and takes advantage of the unique nature of the environment in which it resides.
Or we could replace every single meter all at once with non-UL tested, cheaply built circuit-based meters that are equally and highly susceptible to electromagnetic pulses, hacking, and interference from other devices.
11. Use edges and value the marginal: The interface between things is where the most interesting events take place. These are often the most valuable, diverse and productive elements in the system.
Smart meters have marginalized thousands of people and pushed them to the edges of society, where there are still relatively low-level electromagnetic fields.
12. Creatively use and respond to change: We can have a positive impact on inevitable change by carefully observing, and then intervening at the right time.
Utilities, government agencies and politicians have left it up to us to intervene, and the time is NOW!
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