On 19 May 2012 01:31:50 GMT, Sjouke Burry s@b wrote:

willshak wrote in news:mvOdnYnHuM5
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Sjouke Burry wrote the following on 5/18/2012 8:19 PM (ET):
George wrote in news:jotiul$usd$1@dont-
email.me:

On 5/15/2012 6:54 AM, wrote:
On Mon, 14 May 2012 23:35:39 -0400,
wrote:

One of my friends sends me an email about a local state rep who is
preseinting to the Md. Public Service Commission a "case" to allow
people to reject smart meters. Nowhere does it say what kind of
meter, and I'm thinking it might means taximeter or galvanometer,
but
I guess it means electric meters. Or gas meters?

Is there any reason to reject one?


BTW, the state rep also has a 2-hour show each week on the local
wacko
radio station.
I suppose the electric company would charge you some extra fee
because
someone would have to come and read it.

One of the features of smart meters is they are remotely read.

Yes, now a criminal working at a power company can check whether
you are at home, so they can "visit" your home safely......


How would he/she know you are home or away?
Does the meter stop running when you leave the house?
I would think it would be easier for them to check the present
occupancy
of the home when they are standing at the meter.


When you are out, consumption of power kind of drops off.

At night I leave a light on when I go out. If I'm home, I play the
radio, maybe 10 watts. Sometimes the TV -- isn't that 50 watts for a
12" color tv.

when you are sleeping, the same.

If I'm sleeping at home, I'm home.

When you are on vacation, it drops off for several days.
With some nice plotting software it will make the change in
load pattern obvious, the units proposed in the Netherlands
have a 15 minute sample rate.
Talk about big brother watching you.

That assumes anyone would want to do that for me. A burglar would be
better off going to a fancier n'hood. And I'll have my own burglar
alarm up and running again soon. That only uses about 10 watts iirc,
so he won't know until he sets it off.