Effects of Smart Meters: Your Energy, Your Rights, Your Health
A smart meter is a device that records the hourly electric energy consumption of a household and communicates that information daily back to the utility. This is for monitoring and billing purposes. This advanced metering infrastructure differs from automatic meter reading in that it allows two-way communication between the meter and the central system.
Some states have made it a requirement for smart meters to be installed in homes, causing protests regarding rights and freedom of choice to skyrocket. Advocates fighting the sources of EMF radiation have started speaking up against the Smart Meter installation. Stop Smart Meter websites and coalitions have been created. Listed below are a few of the purported side-effects of the Smart Meter.
1. Unannounced
What most people find disconcerting is that the decision to install meters happened with virtually no public consultation. Around the world, utility companies continue to install smart meters without consent or awareness from homeowners.
The CA Public Utilities Commission is an appointed body charged with regulating utility companies. They supposedly ignored local opposition against the meters. Residents are given the choice to opt-out of installation, but this costs hundreds of dollars.
2. Drastic spike in energy bill
A recent poll conducted by consultant Ed Halteman, Ph.D., showed that about a third of the people who had smart installed experienced unexplainable increases in their energy bill, even if they'd lived in their homes for quite some time and their energy usage was more or less stable.
Utilities that have received these complaints insist that the increase is due to the homeowner, the environment, or other outside sources. Many people online have expressed suspicions that meters that don't run on batteries run on their electricity, attributing to the unexplained spike. Unexplained over-billing is still being featured in many reports all around the US.
3. Compromised health
Low-level EMF radiation emitted from cellphones are known to cause brain tumors and other neurological damages to your DNA. Allowing two-way communication, emit the same type of radiation. Thousands of normally healthy people have complained of experiencing headaches, nausea, and sleeplessness shortly after their smart meters were installed.
4. Ignored rights
Other than the fact that most citizens were not given the option to back out of the installation, meters also grant utilities full access to a homeowner's electric usage.
Many people see this as their privacy compromised, and with good reason. Depending on the regulations and protection granted by your state, these utilities could sell information to corporations. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in Vermon and Hawaii have both taken steps to implement laws and requirements to assure the protection of the consumer's privacy.
5. Wildlife in danger
Recently, there have been increasing reports about thousands of bees suddenly dying, with little to no explanation. It's called the Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), and it has wiped out an estimated 10 million beehives. Bees are a crucial part of the ecosystem, and their sudden apocalypse is great cause for environmental concern.
While protection from these sources are a good way to avoid EMF radiation, prevention is still better.Switch back to cable phones for the house and avoid installing smart meters near the bedrooms. Put as much distance between your house and the power cables.
Some states have made it a requirement for smart meters to be installed in homes, causing protests regarding rights and freedom of choice to skyrocket. Advocates fighting the sources of EMF radiation have started speaking up against the Smart Meter installation. Stop Smart Meter websites and coalitions have been created. Listed below are a few of the purported side-effects of the Smart Meter.
1. Unannounced
What most people find disconcerting is that the decision to install meters happened with virtually no public consultation. Around the world, utility companies continue to install smart meters without consent or awareness from homeowners.
The CA Public Utilities Commission is an appointed body charged with regulating utility companies. They supposedly ignored local opposition against the meters. Residents are given the choice to opt-out of installation, but this costs hundreds of dollars.
2. Drastic spike in energy bill
A recent poll conducted by consultant Ed Halteman, Ph.D., showed that about a third of the people who had smart installed experienced unexplainable increases in their energy bill, even if they'd lived in their homes for quite some time and their energy usage was more or less stable.
Utilities that have received these complaints insist that the increase is due to the homeowner, the environment, or other outside sources. Many people online have expressed suspicions that meters that don't run on batteries run on their electricity, attributing to the unexplained spike. Unexplained over-billing is still being featured in many reports all around the US.
3. Compromised health
Low-level EMF radiation emitted from cellphones are known to cause brain tumors and other neurological damages to your DNA. Allowing two-way communication, emit the same type of radiation. Thousands of normally healthy people have complained of experiencing headaches, nausea, and sleeplessness shortly after their smart meters were installed.
4. Ignored rights
Other than the fact that most citizens were not given the option to back out of the installation, meters also grant utilities full access to a homeowner's electric usage.
Many people see this as their privacy compromised, and with good reason. Depending on the regulations and protection granted by your state, these utilities could sell information to corporations. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in Vermon and Hawaii have both taken steps to implement laws and requirements to assure the protection of the consumer's privacy.
5. Wildlife in danger
Recently, there have been increasing reports about thousands of bees suddenly dying, with little to no explanation. It's called the Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), and it has wiped out an estimated 10 million beehives. Bees are a crucial part of the ecosystem, and their sudden apocalypse is great cause for environmental concern.
While protection from these sources are a good way to avoid EMF radiation, prevention is still better.Switch back to cable phones for the house and avoid installing smart meters near the bedrooms. Put as much distance between your house and the power cables.
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