[RFI] Smart Meter Lawsuit in Texas

Cortland Richmond ka5s at earthlink.net
Sun Feb 26 14:19:47 PST 2012


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Cortland
KA5S

On 2/26/2012 1649, Jimk8mr at aol.com wrote:
> Of course this is nutty. But keep in mind, this is coming from the same
> people who wear tin foil hats.
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> AFIK there is no privacy invasion here. The communication is one way - to
> turn off certain appliances when demand on the electrical grid makes it
> necessary, and to restore power when peak loads have dropped.
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> There is nothing to communicate the status of the appliances  otherwise.
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> This is less of an imposition on your freedom than a red traffic light that
>   requires the driver, under penalty of law, to stop his automobile to allow
>   efficient use of the traffic grid.
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> 73  -  Jim  K8MR
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> In a message dated 2/26/2012 4:27:04 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> qrv at kd4e.com writes:
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> This  sounds nutty to me - aren't these things running  milliwatts?
>
> http://www.wnd.com/2012/02/texans-demand-freedom-from-smart-meters/
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> The  potential for Orwellian privacy-invasion is more troubling ...
> givr  government and/or power companies the freedom to remotely
> control my  appliances?
>
> Let me think about that ... ok, long enough ...  NO!
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