Wireless World

My main concern is that wireless=unreliable.
I too use a wired router at home for that reason.
Del

Heinlein had a take on this type of thinking in his book Waldo. Of course, that was written in 1940, so it's not quite up to date, but incredibly insightful to these questions.

Nothing is inherently safe, but I guess it depends on what one is willing to deal with. It almost doesn't matter what you do personally since what your neighbors are doing directly affects you as well.

<.....It almost doesn't matter what you do personally since what your neighbors are doing directly affects you as well....>

That sounds like the foundation stone for a career in International Diplomatic Relations!

There are those that seem to need an electronic wireless device to get from one end of a street to another. While walking along, looking at the device, the individual crashes into some obstruction, like someone else doing exactly the same thing while coming the other way. Dangerous? Perhaps. Hilarious? Definitely!

Some people worry over excessive use of cell phones due to microwave radiation exposure.

Other way of thinking is how many of your customers and suppliers visits are avoided due to cell phone conversations and eventually how much of your carbon foot print is reduced?

Its always give and take

Thanks for the comment. I personally am not on the carbon footprint bandwagon just yet. I know it gives people a nice warm feeling when they brag that the new car they have has a smaller carbon footprint than yours. Or the new heating system they just bought will save them a few dollars a year and also has a smaller carbon footprint. But if you really break it down (like I do) it's nice to save where you can but. Those grapes you eat that are out of season, they came from another hemisphere by ship. Most cargo ships put out the same amount of nasty emissions as 12K cars a DAY. So those tasty grapes you love to eat off season have a footprint as well. Ever get a deal on a cheap tool made in China? Same story, you're contributing to the overall carbon emitted by the ship that brought it to your shore.

I understand your point but I personally have never driven to a business meeting and felt guilty for adding to my carbon footprint when I could have just radiated my head over a cell phone and saved time and carbon output

I think we have opened a Pandora's Box of electronic/electrical radiation that no one fully understands. Kids now have cell phones when they are both psychologically and physiologically immature.

Not to mention the fact that all our personal data is now available for theft. My health care information was stolen, along with a few million others. The provider signed us up for "credit protection". I really feel secure now.

I read somewhere that cell phone towers may be contributing to the decimation of wild bee colonies, who knows?

I have a wireless router at home. I'm hard wired at the office.

There's no way to stop it now.

Public safety is of low concern to those who would profit from the mighty dollar (or euro). Some time ago the EPA conducted a study of the nations power lines. They did not do this willingly, but only after some needling from concerned citizens. What did we expect the findings to be?

The US EPA has determined that the US power grid must be dismantled and rebuilt in underground shielded conduits due to the radiation exposure suffered by citizenry which is causing an increasing number of cancers nationwide.

Not exactly. More like "there is no hazard". Do we really believe that the electrons inside our bodies are immune from radiation excitation while all other electrons are not? Maybe WE don't but then again WE are somewhat outnumbered by the sheeple.

I wouldn't predict the exact outcome, but I think man is on a collision course with his own stupidity... or short-sightedness, whichever you prefer. I don't think it's going to be pretty.

As pointed out, we are beings composed of electrical processes. To think all the, extra, man-made radiation is totally benign is naive and part of that short-sightedness.

As far as studies, it usually depends on who funded what study. For a smapling...a couple of links: here and here. Not surprisingly, the Wireless Building Automation web site has a lot of "not enough studies," in their analysis. Even naturally occurring radiation can cause genetic damage to cells. To keep riding the fence by saying there aren't enough studies is a bit suspect just because of the nature of the organization stating it. It's like a lot of research. Studies DO cost money. What studies will be funded? Who makes the decision? Who designs the studies?

Bottom line... we all are going to die. Can we have any say so in how? That is the question inside these types of questions.