More Loss of life in the Smart Meter Saga
More Loss of Life
In the Smart Meter Saga
Well here I am again, getting ready to write to you about the most current heart break regarding our attempts to 5G ourselves into oblivion. Apparently we are going to keep doing this until the money makers have enough. I wonder if they will be satisfied with a 5G computer system, or will we move to the 6G or 7G-- God forbid.
The latest tragedy we have to deal with comes our way from South Korea. An explosion took place in a factory which was packaging lithium ion batteries for shipment around the world. A fire official on scene stated that, “The fire started when a series of battery cells exploded.” It is still unknown at this time what caused the explosions to begin. The death toll at this writing is 18 Chinese workers, one Laotian and two South Korean workers as perishing in the explosion and ensuing fire.
A fire and disaster prevention instructor from Daejeon University in South Korea, Kim Jae-ho stated that “Battery materials such as nickel are easily flammable, often there is not enough time to respond compared to a fire caused by other materials.” Nickel is a component of lithium batteries.
A major problem confronted the firefighters as a lithium fire apparently reacts intensely with water; as a result, firefighters had to use dry sand to extinguish the fire. Can a lithium battery fire be put out with water? I was advised of the following:
When water comes into contact with a lithium battery, it can cause a chemical reaction that generates heat, releases hydrogen gas, and potentially creates a fire hazard. Therefore, it’s crucial to handle lithium-ion batteries with care and avoid exposing them to water to prevent such dangerous situations. If you’re dealing with a lithium-ion battery fire, it’s best to follow proper safety protocols and, if necessary, contact professional firefighters who are trained to handle such incidents.
In Houston, Texas. In 2021, a Tesla car caught on fire after a crash, and it required about 28,000 gallons of water to put out the flames. This is because lithium-ion batteries, like those used in electric vehicles, contain a highly flammable organic electrolyte, making them more challenging to extinguish. Despite the common misconception, water can indeed be used to extinguish such fires, but it requires a large volume to do so effectively.
Lets face it, 28,000 gallons of water is a lot of water, and a lot of time.
Time is long past for the companies that insure the makers of the lithium batteries to pull the plug on further coverage. In the South Korean factory it was reported that as many as 35,000 batteries were sitting waiting for shipment. If only one percent of the batteries were defective,. that leaves 350 potential bombs waiting to go off.
Lives are being lost in the name of profit and the loss is not necessary.
The following information concerning the profits being made by big companies spell out what advanced metering means. The information was available on Emergen Research April 20, 2023:
IBM Corporation [Revenue, US $73.6 Billion]
IBM Corporation is a US-based multinational technology corporation located in Armonk, New York, that manufactures computer hardware, software, and middleware and offers IT services, enterprise systems, and cloud and cognitive services. IBM also offers smart energy data management systems such as next-generation advanced metering infrastructure. These systems enable automated metering for consumers to monitor energy usages and voltage.
Cisco Systems, Inc. [Revenue, US $49 Billion]
Cisco Systems, Inc. is an American technology offering a wide variety of computer networking products such as enterprise network security, data collaboration, cloud computing, software development among others across the globe. Cisco provides utilities IoT solutions for grid security, advanced metering infrastructure, and distribution automation to reduce operational overhead, and enhance reliability. Cisco’s advanced metering infrastructure is based on Wi-sun mesh design, providing scalable, resilient, and secure meter networking. It enables utilities to save truck rolls, fast outage notification, remote monitoring, and enable power theft.
Schneider Electric SE [Revenue, US $28 Billion]
Schneider Electric SE is a multinational company based in France providing energy distribution and automation solutions. EcoStructure is one of the most popular advanced metering infrastructure platforms that offer effective rollout management, and efficient operation management, manages field service logistics, collects and integrates meter readings, and executes remote operations.
Landis+Gyr [Revenue, US $1.4 Billion]
Landis+Gyr is a global leader in energy management solutions offering advanced metering infrastructure along with cutting edge smart grid systems in order to improve overall operations, reduce operating costs and offer enhanced consumer systems. Landis+Gyr has a utility IoT platform, Gridstream Connect, that provides a broad ecosystem of smart grids and gas, electric, and water metering systems under a single network. This product is widely used for distribution automation, smart city applications, and load management.
Sensus [Revenue, US $1.26 Billion]
Sensus, a Xylem brand offers a wide range of remotely managed products and solutions that deliver real-time data to utilities, consumers, and cooperatives. Sensus has advanced meteorology and sensors, stronger security, and reliable network solutions for smart cities, smart grids, smart gas, and smart water. Sensus’ advanced metering infrastructure systems can provide real-time data on water and energy consumption and voltage information. In addition, it also offers timely and accurate billing, minimum operating costs and faster detection of electrical outages, and shorter restoration time.
Trilliant Inc. [Revenue, US $57 Million]
Trilliant Inc. is a smart energy communication company offering a wide variety of smart grids systems such as advanced metering infrastructure, consumer applications, and distributed energy sources. Trilliant Inc. has a well-established platform for advanced metering infrastructure, water, gas, and electric metering devices that enable timely and accurate billing, provide outages and restoration notifications, and enhance superior customer services.
Dynosonic [Revenue, US $5 Million]
Dynosonic is UK based specialist developer and manufacturer of advanced metering infrastructure and automatic meter reading devices. Dynosonic has also developed phone applications to keep a track of electrical and water consumption.
I guess you can attach a dollar sign to the value of a human life.
Respectfully,
Norman Lambe
nwlambe@gmail.com