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Home appliances will soon start taking their orders over the internet from a central utility manager under government control.  By installing in-home boxes the size of cable television receivers, utility managers can set electricity consumption rates for districts, neighborhoods, and houses.  Using software being developed by IBM, instructions can be remotely given to command thermostats to change settings, or shut down HVAC’s completely.  Touted will be the advantages of saving energy and the ability to switch to renewable sources as they come online, and customizing homes to occupant preferences.  For instance, rooms will automatically adjust lighting to match the identity profile of the person entering the room (which also means your whereabouts can be tracked at all times).

This illusion of control will be the trade off for surrendering all of it.  When the green evangelists begin requiring worship as a condition to receive power from mother earth, a person won’t be able to turn on so much as a light without complying.  How soon power utilities will be used as a political state tool is arguable, but the technology will be implemented soon.  Companies like IBM stand to make a fortune in Smart Energy Technology (SET).  President Obama’s stimulus package contains 10 billion for SET, and that does not include the future sales and service of all the equipment that will be required for homes and entire power grids.  Further guaranteeing windfall profits, this equipment will be required by federal law.

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