Is Your Smart Meter Spying On You? Washington's Blog. Ralph Nader: "Smart meters a step toward technological despotism" By K.T.
Weaver, for Take Back Your Power “[Utilities are] basically stripping individual citizens of what remains as consumers of control over their own lives… and putting it in the hands of Big Corporations backed by Big Government — what the conservatives call crony capitalism.” – Ralph Nader With a career as a consumer advocate, Ralph Nader’s views on selected issues can many times bridge the gaps between the major political parties.
Spiegel.de: US citizens opposed to electricity meter. By Juliane Schiemenz, spiegel.de | view original article | view original article (translated) Our take:This Spiegel.de article from earlier today is creating waves in Germany, with more than 140 comments so far.
The privacy issue is the focus of almost all comments. TBYP director Josh del Sol, lawyer Chris Turner, and politician Acqunetta Anderson are interviewed. The supposed 'solution' to our energy problems. Potential threat to electricity: Solar panels will decrease the demand for electricity.
Photo: Justin McManus It is called ''the death spiral'' and it is terrifying power suppliers. At the moment they are awarded price rises to cover the cost of their spending on cables and substations. If power usage slides (as it has been), they are granted further price rises to ensure they can continue to recover those costs. It has not been a big problem because their customers have had nowhere else to go. Energy specialist Lucy Carter of the Grattan Institute outlined the horror scenario for suppliers while launching a new report to be released on Monday about why we are paying too much for power.
Advertisement She says network charges account for most of the increase in electricity prices. Power Takeover: What’s Wrong With “Smart” Meters? “Under my plan of a cap-and-trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket” Josh del Sol Infowars.com Sept. 28, 2013 On January 17, 2008, President Obama famously said, “Under my plan of a cap-and-trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket.”
Privacy and the moden grid. Sbn-office-of-the-victorian-privacy-commissioner-s. Stop Smart Meters Australia. The truth about gross privacy violation via smart meter technology Privacy, the control of knowledge about self, is a facet of personal liberty, moral autonomy, and democracy.
It has been called “central to the attainment of individual goals under every theory” . Home is a refuge and the center of the family life where all details are, and must remain intimate details. Smart meters record energy usage every few minutes and in many instances every few seconds or in real time – continuously. This information is highly detailed revealing everything about the activity and life within the home including which appliances are in use at what times, for how long, and of what type, to how many people live within the home at what times and their habits and activities even finances, including if there is a newborn, and more.
Smart meter data is highly granular and the most revealing, providing information about the interior of the home and the lives of all residents in great detail.
Google’s “Smart Home” Surveillance Plans, or, How Not to be Colonized. Two weeks ago, the New York Times’ truth-humor strip on “The Home of the Future” came on the heels of Google’s purchase of ‘smart thermostat’ manufacturer Nest for $3.2 Billion.
With power utility commissions such as California already stating their intention to “expand third-party access” to in-home data, the perfect storm is brewing for Google’s mission of making you their product – even in your own home. Image: Copyright NYT, 2014 For context, this is the same Google whose executive chairman, Eric Schmidt, told MSNBC: “If you have something that you don’t want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn’t be doing it in the first place.”
While pushing to nullify privacy laws, the Big G obviously doesn’t care about pesky old-fashioned incumbrances like ethics either, as evidenced by this gem: “I would argue that [us] implanting things in your brain is beyond the creepy line – at least for the moment, until the technology gets better.” The Battleground Hits Home So what can be done to protect rights? Stop Smart Meters Australia. Take Back Your Power - A film by Josh del Sol. Smart Grid Emerging Technology Roadmap.