Rich Kid wrote:
I read that the EU is going to ban 4-slice toasters because so often only 1 or 2 slices are toasted and energy is being wasted! Haven't these busy-bodies in Brussels got anything better to occupy their minds? There is poor-performing EU economies, Ukraine, the Middle East etc yet they want to micro-manage our freedom to buy what we want! Crazy.
It is very possible, even probable, that all new electrical items will have built-in connectivity to the “Internet of Things” (which is what IPV6 – Internet Protocol version 6 is all about), and will all be interrogated by so-called Smart Meters - if we foolishly permit the energy companies to install Smart Meters in our homes. We are NOT currently legally required to accept Smart Meters into our homes. But BG, so-called British Gas, are pushing Smart Meters like crazy - now there's an organisation that has positively demonstrated its total commitment to greed and ripping-off customers.
I believe Smart Meters have three primary purposes, none of which are to our benefit.
Primary purposes as I see them:
1: To control the price of energy dependent on demand and time of day – a constant price rise that makes domestic budgeting impossible.
2: To monitor/spy on our homes and private lives.
3: To impair our health, and increase the levels of lethargy and despondency in the wider population through the effects of microwave energy on our nervous systems. Dumbed-down, lethargic, despondent, and sick people are more easily controlled.