I too am a 24/0 It seems the more they clamp down the hard we have to try and change the world.
Just to clarify I live in the UK.
If they log our usage then supply it to other agencies, I am wondering if that is a breach of our human rights and civil liberties.(UK)
Civil liberties are personal guarantees and freedoms that the
government cannot abridge, either by law or by
judicial interpretation. Though the scope of the term differs amongst various countries, some examples of civil liberties include the
freedom from torture,
freedom from forced disappearance,
freedom of conscience,
freedom of press,
freedom of religion,
freedom of expression,
freedom of assembly, the right to security and
liberty,
freedom of speech,
the right to privacy, the right to
equal treatment under the law and
due process, the
right to a fair trial, and the
right to life. Other civil liberties include the
right to own property, the
right to defend oneself, and the right to
bodily integrity. Within the distinctions between civil liberties and other types of liberty, distinctions exist between
positive liberty/
positive rights and
negative liberty/
negative rights. (UK)
The only time an Electricity company should take issue with your usage is if they think your fiddling the meter and stealing energy.
I have a contract for them to supply me with electricity and in return I pay them for it.
If they share data from my readings with other agencies then that should also constitute a breach of the data protection act.(UK)
In the US they can't as far as I know the use of FLIR (Forward Looking InfraRed) to gain a warrant to enter a property due to it being an invasion of privacy.
They can how ever use FLIR and determine if there are heat anomalies and if they think you are growing from those images they then need to use another method to gain entry such as knock your door and pretend it is about a missing dog or some such and then say they could smell marijuana. (The point here I'm making is about our rights to privacy).
I think we should also look at fuel cell technology. OK it may make sense soon or in the not so distant future if it is not possible now but we owe to ourselves to start looking at ways we can get our grow on with out being spied on.
It works by using gas to make electricity for the home and in peak time you can sell that electricity back to the grid.
The gas company won't care how much you use and won't have the same type of monitoring (stopping cannabis grows)
plus you might make some money selling your electricity.
Redox Power Plans To Roll Out Dishwasher-Sized Fuel Cells That Cost 90% Less Than Currently Available Fuel Cells
http://www.forbes.com/sites/william...-90-less-than-currently-available-fuel-cells/
Ceramic fuel cells could be the future of green, at-home power and heat generation
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/...re-of-green-at-home-power-and-heat-generation
http://www.tropical.gr/products/fuel-cell-power-generators/5kw-natural-gas-fc.html
If the big electric companies want to put the squeeze on, it is then up to us to find ways around it and say we don't want your power.
Biomass fuel cells are also in development and could be carbon neutral as long as we plant trees to replace the wood/hemp etc used.
Fuel cell will also make of grid setups more viable with a constant source of power the doesn't rely on there being any sun or wind, although it would make sense to have renewables as well as a biomass fuel cell.(Quote)
Hey there Arty,
Over here our civil liberties have become secondary to governments grand plan for something yet to be presented for our approval. Under the guise of a crusade, we will be better off when we have freedom from religion.
It's about time we start seeing fuel cells, they have been on the drawing board for quite a while. I was encouraged when
a group bought Q branch from your government and formed Quintiq, they started advertising small units but none made it to the public. The Carlysle group was involved and they turned to armaments before the wars even started. Nothing like having a little inside info to get a jump on the competition.
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