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Old 29-04-2014, 08:44   #33
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Re: It's not so smart to have a 'smart meter'

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Originally Posted by Studio25 View Post
As for old folk dying because they are scared of turning the heating on - I can see how that might happen. We're a comparatively young family with a decent enough household income (so not a fixed weekly pension), and we turn off the heating as early as possible and leave it as long as we can before turning it on.
Yes, I can see that it might happen, because of expense.

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are suppliers guilty of (indirect) manslaughter or a similar criminal charge?
By that, I mean all those vunrable elderly folk who have died because they was to frightened to turn their heating on, which it now turns out they was being over charged (ripped off) for.
However is based on what? Certainly nothing solid, mere speculation on the posters behalf.

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