The smart grid isn\u2019t coming. It\u2019s already here.<\/p>\n
Everywhere people\u2019s houses are being fitted if they already haven\u2019t with smart electric meters and smart water meters. These meters communicate\u00a0real-time usage data via radio frequency (which comes with its own set of health problems).<\/p>\n
Essentially, consumption of utilities in your home is being big brother tracked and traced at all times on the smart grid.<\/p>\n
Sure, it was sold to everyone as a \u201csmart\u201d solution for keeping consumption in check, that it would decrease utility bills because people could use it to check out how much they use and find smart ways to cut down. (How many people are really even doing that, by the way?)<\/p>\n
Not only is this going to be used to serve up \u201cpeak pricing\u201d models against the population \u2013 to price electricity and water higher during times of higher consumption by the population \u2013 it\u2019s also going to be used to allow the people to tattle on themselves via their data, a set up that will come with heavy financial consequences.<\/p>\n
As we can see happening now in California during its historic drought, smart meters are also being used by authorities to seek people out and impose fines.
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\nCBS Los Angeles<\/a> is reporting that water authorities are using smart meters against \u201cwater wasters\u201d:<\/p>\n