YThere are limits to corporate greed, as well as market feedback mechanisms. Such constraints do npot apply to governments.
Suppose electricity went to $5/KWH: If it were done by a utility, people would buy generators. If it were legislated by government, generators could be outlawed. YMMV, -John ================= > John, > > Well, of course, that's so the fat cats, who are at the top at the > utilitites, and the stock holders, make more bucks without having to > upgrade the grid to do it. That's a prime example of Capitalism at work. > How was the old saying, they would "squeeze a nickel until the buffalo > s##ts". > > Best, > > Will > > *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** > > On 6/27/2011 at 2:49 PM J. Forster wrote: > >>IMO, smart meters are a greased, very slippery, slope toward power >>rationing or fines for "overconsumption" >> >>YMMV, >> >>-John >> >>================ >> >> >>> Will & Bill, >> >>[snip] >> >>> 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... >> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com >>To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >>and follow the instructions there. >> >>__________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus > signature database 5851 (20110206) __________ >> >>The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. >> >>http://www.eset.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.