Just Say No to Big Brother’s Smart Meters by Orlean Koehle
prison for up to 6 months. This was in the bill. Vrijbit found it out and this was what killed it. Once again, it appears that government was representing large companies rather than the population.
Recent developments: The new government is now reviving the undead law again. I'm currently brushing up my knowledge on the matter. The Smart Meter is somewhat my file within Vrijbit. We need all the help we can get since the Dutch consumer organization has been put to sleep. They were our main allies killing the bill in 2009. They have more members than the German equivalent. They will look foolish when we bring out the analysis that now is forming. The one overlooked part is power quality. What I mean is this: CFL light bulbs and many other equipment does not use the electricity the way an old-fashioned incandescent light bulb does. A CFL is picky. It cherry-picks the peaks on the AC current and leaves the rest. That means that the voltage would drop if it wasn't compensated for. It means that the electricity company would have to produce more electricity than what the CFL light bulb uses. If your GE energy-saver states 8 Watts of use, the electricity produced needs to be 16 Watts. With LED's it can be even worse and other appliances (electric motors) can mess up the electricity in other ways. Same result. It now becomes evident to me that the Smart Meters can solve this problem. A producer's problem. And thanks GE for creating it and solving it for them. Beside the fact that these CFL and other 'dirty users' do not use the full AC current
they also create radiation. Polluted power can make people sick. The environmental organizations in my country do not touch the subject as their agenda is to 'fight global warming.' The issue is serious, according to specialists. If you have any additional information I am interested. I'm poised on driving this law the wooden stake through its heart by exposing its hidden truth. Feel free to use my letter. I'm not the spokes person for Vrijbit but an active member, dealing with technical issues. If you Twitter then please add me. My English account is
http://twitter.com/Mr_Communicator. The strength of Internet is that it connects people. Let's benefit from it while we have it.
All the best from Utrecht, Hendrick Smit The Netherlands,
www.divineintervention.nl Smart Meters are Turning Off Appliances and Restricting Energy in Switzerland: (Posted by Patrick Wood on 3/3/2010 11:12:06 AM From a reader who lives in Switzerland)
In Aargau (Canton of Switzerland) where we live, the power supplied to our apartment is restricted for several hours (late morning to early afternoon). We can use all electronic devices except the washing machine. How they do it, I don't know. But the washing machine cuts off if it was started just prior to a certain time and resumes working when the restricted time period is over.
This was totally freaky to us at first when we moved from Germany to Switzerland. Now Joy had to adjust her washing habits accordingly. Interestingly enough, there is an atomic power plant just up the road from us. We were not told of this when we moved here, and a Swiss friend of ours who helped us to move in didn't know about it either. But he lives in a different Canton. [A Canton is similar to a state.]
Researchers Claim Smart Meters Can Reveal TV Viewing Habits [What programs are watched on what channel and what films are watched on a DVD.] (Münster, Germany --- (
METERING.COM) --- September 21, 2011)
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