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Let's take the situation Smart Solar Box Review with the smart meters. Companies like General Electric want everyone to have smart meters in their homes because they want to manufacture these. What most people don't understand this but they probably won't be manufactured in the United States, and/or most of the components will be built in China. Indeed, it actually gets worse than that, because at least General Electric would make a profit on this, and it would help their stock, along with those who are receiving a stipend dividend each quarter.
For instance, there was an interesting article in the Wall Street Journal in November of 2010 titled "Deutsche Telekom Eyes Meters," by Christopher Lawton. And guess what they make? Smart meters and guess where they are selling them? The United States, even a California utility is working with them now, and the smart meters also hook up to the T-Mobile network, also owned by Deutsche Telekom AG. Now then, don't get me wrong these are very good smart meters and easily comparable to anything put out by IBM, or General Electric.
It's just that we aren't really providing jobs for Americans by funding this in the stimulus package money, set aside for the smart grid, which includes the smart meters for homes. The plan being that eventually they will be in every home in America? It seems to me that this could be a windfall for foreign competing companies, and thus, not only does all that money go offshore, but it's also providing jobs in other countries, and very few jobs here. I just thought you should know. Please consider all this.
Unless you've been living under a rock for the last 20 years, you probably have heard about OPEC. OPEC is an acronym for Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. Twelve countries - Algeria, Angola, Ecuador, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Venezuela make up the membership of the cartel.
