[time-nuts] Three Phase Power
Thomas A Frank
ka2cdk at cox.net
Wed Jun 29 12:56:52 UTC 2011
They ARE a lot cheaper than actually building more power plants.
What with all the government permits and lawsuits that takes time, money, effort.
A "Smart" grid is much simpler, and can make them just as much money.
Tom Frank
On Jun 27, 2011, at 5:49 PM, J. Forster wrote:
> IMO, smart meters are a greased, very slippery, slope toward power
> rationing or fines for "overconsumption"
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> YMMV,
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> -John
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>> Will & Bill,
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>> Centerpoint Energy has reached the epitome of laziness and is converting
>> everyone over to "smart meters" so people can better
>> monitor their usage... In reality it does nothing more than offer
>> real-time monitoring for the power company, and they no longer
>> have a use for meter-readers...
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