Posts tagged with Westar
Smart Grid or Slave Grid?
Locally Westar has introduced Smart Grid technologies that are billed as helping individuals track and manage their power usage and also help the power company manage its load. Does this technology, though pose a threat to civil liberties in ways we haven't thought about yet? I don't know... but a cousin in Canada sent this link to me from a Canadian Libertarian think tank...not a site I would normally visit...but it does provide an interesting take on the new smart grid technologies.
http://www.mises.ca/posts/articles/the-smart-grid-as-the-slave-grid/
For the record, neither my cousin or I use old style incandescent bulbs and personally I like my smart meter. So check the article out. What do you think? Are these fears real or vastly overblown?
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- City upholds decision on West Lawrence roundabout despite new objections from neighbors April 15, 2014 · 17 comments
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- Regents leaders remain committed to disciplinary aspects of social media policy April 16, 2014 · 6 comments
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- Lawrence would lose $1.7 million from school finance changes April 14, 2014 · 22 comments
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- Kansas gov. orders flags to be flown at half-staff April 16, 2014
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- Regents chairman advises university leaders to show restraint in upcoming tuition proposals April 16, 2014
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- Distinguished professors to host panels on social media and academic freedom April 16, 2014
- County sets public hearings for new fire districts in Palmyra and Willow Springs townships April 16, 2014
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