The Meter Reader explains: ”From the day of Edison’s first grid in 1882, bankers have sought to use main-grids to control the wealth of nations. “Electricity” and “power” were redefined as each other in every way possible. The meter-board is the point at which it is decided whether valleys are drowned, the prairies are pure, the skies are polluted and our children can dream of tomorrow.”

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