Energy Minister Charles Hendry wrote to the Daily Mail today to bolster the highly deceitful case for smart meters being rolled-out to every UK household by 2020.
In his letter, responding to an article by Mail journalist Sean Pulter, he states the benefits, as he would state them, of smart metering as being reduced costs through external readings becoming possible for utilities companies.
The most telling section in Hendry’s letter (reproduced in full at the bottom of this post) runs as follows: “Smart meters will give more control over how we use energy at home and work, helping us cut waste and save money. And it will mean an end to estimated billing: no more nasty surprises for consumers.”
- Yes, there will be more control for power companies to disconnect or reduce people’s supplies, especially when it is gas or electricity that is being monitored.
- No, it won’t save money for those householders having their analogue meters replaced with digital versions; requiring, as they do, electricity to pump out deadly RF radiation in frequent and regular bursts.
- Yes, it will help utilities providers to know our private activities through real-time monitoring of household usage. Meters can also be hacked from the street by third parties.
- Yes, it will save money for energy corporations by slinging a few meter readers out of their current jobs.
For a fuller picture of the civil liberties issues and health risks of smart meters, see http://economicsurvivor.net/2012/01/15/organise-against-smart-meters/. More on the criminal climate change hoax is also at http://economicsurvivor.net/2011/11/29/climate-hoax-staggers-on-but-not-on-mars/.
Smart meters are an invasion of privacy, a very real health risk, and ultimately an attempt to plug the world’s population into one huge smart grid: Similar projects are being rolled out in the US, EU, Asia and other continents – with a view to joining them all up eventually. The upgrading of the grid is already costing £200 billion in the UK alone alone (guess who’s already paying these “carbon taxes”!), and is set to cost €Trillions across the financially beleaguered Eurozone.
The fool Hendry missive is below:
The Government is determined to see consumers benefit from the introduction of smart meters and will study carefully the Public Accounts Committee report claiming the £11billion smart meter plan ‘risks fiasco’ from which only the energy suppliers will benefit (Mail). Consumer protection is at the core of the programme and we’ve been consulting consumer groups over the past year. Smart meters will give more control over how we use energy at home and work, helping us cut waste and save money. And it will mean an end to estimated billing: no more nasty surprises for consumers.
They also have a key role in modernising our electricity system so we keep the lights on and bills down. Energy companies will be able to do their job more efficiently, which will mean fewer costs for us. The potential benefits of smart meters are £18.7 billion from an £11.7 billion investment.
Energy Minister Charles Hendry
Department of Energy, London SW1.
