Why Fry?

John was installing a meter yesterday which burst into flames in front of him.

He’s told Neil Mitchell under strict anonymity power companies are misleading the public and smart meters are dangerous.

There’s new concern from some South Florida homeowners that the installation of these meters could spark fires….Margie Albernaz woke up in July to the smell of smoke in her Greenacres home…

In America, utility companies have been hit with multi-million dollar class action lawsuits from people who have had the devices installed in their homes.

The move is a victory for campaign groups and backbench MPs, who raised concerns with ministers that the devices emit electromagnetic radiation 24 hours a day and cannot be turned off.

“The current medical literature raises credible questions about genetic and cellular effects, hormonal effects, male fertility, blood/brain barrier damage and increased risk of certain types of cancers from RF or ELF levels similar to those emitted from “smart meters”.

Children are placed at particular risk for altered brain development, and impaired learning and behavior…

Existing safety limits for pulsed RF were termed “not protective of public health” by the Radiofrequency Interagency Working Group (a federal interagency working group including the FDA, FCC, OSHA, the EPA and others). Hence, we call for:

• An immediate moratorium on “smart meter” installation until these serious public health issues are resolved. Continuing with their installation would be extremely irresponsible.

• Modify the revised proposed decision to include hearings on health impact in the second proceedings, along with cost evaluation and community wide opt-out.

• Provide immediate relief to those requesting it and restore the analog meters.”

SMART METER AWARENESS GROUP from NCTV17 on Vimeo.

“We’re all regular residents who are comprised of really professions all across the board, engineers, attorneys, medical professionals, you know, moms and dads,” said Kim Bendis, President of Naperville Smart Meter Awareness.

“Security and health are what brought me into the debate,” said Lisa Rooney, Board Member of Naperville Smart Meter Awareness. “What has kept me in the debate has been a lot more to do with freedom of choice and the constitutional issues.”

For a long-range cost-effective environmentally safe solution, we should push for metering over (via) landlines. Most structures already have copper landlines going into them, so a vast national infrastructure already exists. Plus, AT&T is petitioning the FCC to allow them to abandon their entire landline network anyway.

Connecticut Attorney General: “The pilot results showed no beneficial impact on total energy usage,” Jepsen said. “And, the savings that were seen in the pilot were limited to certain types of customers and would be far outweighed by the cost of installing the new meter systems,” he said.

The free online book “Smart Meters – Smarter Practices” by Dr. Jamieson (commissioned by the UK EM Radiation Research Trust), comprises 265 pages of research & current knowledge of health & environmental effects from the smart meters.

Energy firms support the technology because it can supply precise meter readings automatically over the mobile phone network, thereby allowing them to lay-off thousands of meter readers and billing staff.

It will also allow them to cut off homes at the click of a mouse.

The MPs are also worried about the cost to poor families. ‘There is a risk that they may end up paying more through their bills where the costs of installing the meters outweigh the savings they make,’ they say.

POLICE ESCORT TO INSTALL ELECTRIC METERS?
This begs the question, why would the city need to request police escort to install a meter that is so beneficial for you?

They refuse them because they can. Supported by the U.S. Energy Policy Act of 2005, ratepayers do not have to accept a smart meter on their homes if they do not want one.

The group filed a complaint Friday in federal court seeking a stay of the installations. Its opposition to the project rests primarily with health concerns about radio frequency emissions from the smart meters, but the group also registered strenuous objections over privacy issues, homeowner’s rights, and what they say are violations of the Illinois Open Meetings Act in the process leading up to the beginning of installation.