Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Why now?

A couple of weeks ago I received an E-Mail from a friend in Florida. I didn't quite understand what it was trying to say other than Public services coupled with grants from the federal government was installing "smart meters" on homes and some people were questioning their use..there were many concerns expressed over the use of these meters, ranging from health to security issues. Also included in the E-Mail was a letter, a person could use to advise their energy company they wanted to opt out using this meter. A few days ago I got a letter from Central Maine Power, they were installing smart meters in my home town. There was no cost to install this smart meter which would send data back to a central location, on command, by a radio signal...If I didn't elect to have this meter installed. I had two other options Option A and B. Option A. the company would install a smart meter without the transmission capability, but would cost $20.00 for initial installation and $10.50 per month additional charge. Option B, I could keep my current meter, but would be charged an initial $40.00fee and $12.00 per month(user fee, I guess?). The meter would be read every two months. ......
The brochure I received with this information, printed by Central Maine Power, stated "smart meters would eliminate 1,400 tons of carbon dioxide emissions because we don't have to drive to your meter to read it."anyway.....My question is.... given the present economic climate, How many more jobs will be lost with the use of this meter?....question ???.Why Now?!!

Sunday, March 13, 2011

mistakes happen...

I visited a blog that had posted on another post I was reading. After reading the post I wanted to post a response and thoought that was was what I had done. Today I opened my blog and discovered a comment. I clicked on the comment and the whole post that was on the other blogspot came up...needless to say I was dumbfounded. I went back to the original site and couldn't find an E-mail address so I came back to this one and went to edit. I then deleted the comment that was listed on my blog. I certainly apologize for anything I might have done wrong, but I am ignorant as to what happened......stay well......