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Smart Meters
"It is extremely ironic
that the stated intentions of the global 'smart grid' plans are for
greater:
"In actuality:
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regions where smart
meters have been installed have not experienced less energy
consumption (only increased cost to customer);
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the entire power
grid becomes immediately vulnerable to being taken down by
hacking;
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the effects of
increased radiation have now been demonstrated to have a
negative impact on all plants, insects, animals and biological
life in general" [source].
"While local governments
and power companies will tell you that the installation of Smart
Meters is simply a means to modernise the nation's power grid system
and save consumers money, the fact is the Smart Meter program is a
tool for enforcement of the world-wide drive for Sustainable
Development. SD is a top-down collectivist approach to government
through which the means of production, energy and water use and
property management is controlled by the state. It is anti-free
enterprise, anti-private property, and anti-individual freedom. The
result is higher costs, less goods and services and less individual
choice" [source].
Privacy Concerns
"[S]mart meters will be
able to reveal people's daily schedules, their appliances and
electronic equipment, and whether they use certain types of medical
equipment. Utilities will have the data to discern the behavior of
occupants in their home over a period of time ... The Electronic
Privacy Information Center cites a list of potential privacy
consequences of Smart Grid Systems including, identity theft,
activity censorship, profiling, tracking behavior of
renters/leasers, and real-time surveillance. There is also evidence
that power companies are selling personal customer information that
has been gathered by smart meters to private companies for marketing
purposes" [source].
"Smart meters are
designed to provide government with detailed information of your
energy use, your movements in your home, the way you use your
personal private time, and even how many people are in your home at
any given time. It is an unconstitutional invasion of your home by
government" [source].
Health Problems
"People across the US
with AMI smart meters on their homes are reporting ringing in the
ears, insomnia, strong headaches, nausea, heart palpitations, memory
loss, anxiety and pain which began occurring after smart meters were
installed. For someone who has electrosensitivity, smart meters
contribute to the adverse health effects of this condition"
[source].
"[E]vidence is
accumulating on the results of exposure to RF at non-thermal levels
including increased permeability of the blood-brain barrier in the
head, harmful effects on sperm, double strand breaks in DNA which
could lead to cancer genesis, stress gene activation indicating an
exposure to a toxin, and alterations in brain glucose metabolism"
[Poki
Stewart Namkung, M.D. Health Officer at Santa Cruz Health Services
Agency, quoted at
source].
"Wireless smart meters
are capable of interfering with implanted medical devices ... [S]mart
meters can interfered with sensitive medical implants such as deep
brain stimulators for Parkinson's disease and pacemakers" [source].
"During a Black Hat
security conference in August 2011, a security researcher who has
diabetes demonstrated on stage how a third party can transmit
wireless commands to remotely disable his insulin pump. The pump
accepted and followed commands from any wireless source"
[source].
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