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Not So Smart Meter!
The Government proposes having 47 million "smart meters" fitted in 26 million homes by 2020 at a cost of between £7 billion and £9 billion, or around £340 per household.
The devices will save the average household only around£28 a year off a typical annual bill, so it will take 12 years to break even.
The savings represent a tiny fraction of the current average annual gas bill of >£800 a year and electricity ones of >£445.
The costs/benefits simply do not stack up for the majority. Introduction will mean pointless spending, redundancies, and control of our households by (mostly foreign) power suppliers.
Please sign up to my petition to stop this waste at petitions.number10.gov.uk/NotSoSmartMeters
The devices will save the average household only around£28 a year off a typical annual bill, so it will take 12 years to break even.
The savings represent a tiny fraction of the current average annual gas bill of >£800 a year and electricity ones of >£445.
The costs/benefits simply do not stack up for the majority. Introduction will mean pointless spending, redundancies, and control of our households by (mostly foreign) power suppliers.
Please sign up to my petition to stop this waste at petitions.number10.gov.uk/NotSoSmartMeters
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