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I think the true motivation of consumers would be to make or save money by installing something like that. However, if one require to buy new refrigerator for installing such device to work, the hidden cost would be prohibitive. The meter installation would cost another 200-300 dollars by certified electrician, and changing the thermostat to advanced one for example would require another hidden cost in installation. When it comes to replacing the meter in pre-existing houses, there is a lot of hurdles.

The best motivation would be to actively make or save energy by producing one such as installing solar panels, or small wind generators, or installing geothermal unit, etc. The only way is to see if the investment is measurably paying off. When one can sell electricity by installing generators, be it may fuel cells or wind or hydro, and the smart meter can provide measurement of such sales and the money made or saved, then it would become a powerful catalyst for change.

Until then, it is still a gadget that is still only a small part of Smart Grid Concept.

Let's empower people!

Hiro Hara of CT 7:31PM February 25, 2009

In 2000, a jury found that the EPA, under then-administrator Carol Browner, was guilty of race, sex, and color-based discrimination, and that Ms. Browner tolerated a hostile work environment. During subsequent oversight hearings of the Congressional Science Committee, the Chairman instructed Browner to clean up the working conditions at EPA so the next administrator wouldn't get handed "a garbage can."

Despite promising to do so under oath, Ms. Browner never accepted the jury's findings as EPA Administrator. She never disciplined any of the senior managers under her supervision at EPA who were implicated in Coleman-Adebayo v. Carol Browner. She never stopped the appeal process in the case. It was her successor, Christine Todd Whitman, in her 1st act as EPA Administrator, who announced that the verdict in Coleman-Adebayo would not be appealed, and that the Agency would accept the jury's findings.

Congress was so outraged by the conditions within EPA, that it passed unanimously in both houses the NoFEAR Act (Notification of Federal Employees Anti-discrimination and Retaliation) 2001 and mandated that all Federal new hires be instructed in Coleman-Adebayo v Browner within 90 days, and that all Federal workers receive the instruction every 2 years.

Apparently, being found guilty of discrimination by a jury of her peers, having Congress enact legislation to outlaw her administrative behavior, and mandate that all Federal workers be instructed in Coleman-Adebayo v Browner was not enough to derail Ms.Browner's career, or to prevent the retaliation against Dr. Coleman-Adebayo from the EPA that continues to this day.

These are not "allegations," they are matters of public record.

The core of the case in Coleman-Adebayo v Carol Browner was Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. President Obama is a civil rights attorney. The question of justice in this matter has not been adequately addressed, with Ms. Browner's ascension back into the heights of power, while Dr. Coleman-Adebayo, who stood up for civil rights for all Federal employees was thrown under the bus that Rosa Parks, a generation before her, took her stand on.

The media need to start asking the president, Ms. Browner, and new EPA Administrator, Lisa Jackson, what the public is to make of this regrettable case of an whistleblower being vilified, while her tormentors, Carol M. Browner, and the staff she left behind at EPA who are still retaliating and discriminating against whistleblowers, still thrive.

coupeditor of DC 2:19PM February 20, 2009

One thing I think is built into our DNA of human nature is convenience and price.Example Horse/car/airplane.washing clothes down by the river/washing machine.The cellphone/dont have to look for a public phone.The more convenience you give the consumer at the right price the faster it gets into everyday life.

Michael Garcia of FL 8:57PM February 19, 2009

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Maura Judkis is a producer at U.S. News. She writes about the green movement and looks for ways to be an ecofriendly consumer without breaking the bank. Send her your green tips.

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