[Offtopic] Re: [LINK] Smart Meters yesterday pls!

[stephen at melbpc.org.au]

> Electricty Smart Meters .. with an easy power-hog circuit-id readout.

Free power socket double-adapters with red/yellow/green power-use lights?

> Finding and Fixing a Home’s Power Hogs
> by MICHAEL FITZGERALD July 27, 2008 www.nytimes.com
>
> Use less power. That may soon be simpler, thanks to the introduction
> of a bevy of inexpensive devices that let homeowners monitor how much
> energy appliances, TVs, PCs, and heating & cooling systems actually use.
>
> Some analysts expect so-called “smart metering” to boom nationwide. 
> 
> ZigBee is on the verge of becoming the Wi-Fi of home power management, 
> thanks to its inclusion in smart electric meters. 
> 
> But multiple wireless control technologies may coexist, as Wi-Fi and 
> Bluetooth do. For both consumers and utilities, it’s like “going from
> an odometer to a speedometer,” says Paul De Martini, vice president of
> Edison SmartConnect, Southern California Edison’s next-generation
> metering project. The waste is so big that it makes investing in energy 
> management look far more viable for fighting global warming than any 
> alternative energy source. 
>
> "The demand side is the answer, right now"  E-mail: mfitz at nytimes.com.
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> 
> Cheers people
> Stephen Loosley
> Victoria, Australia
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