Are we too worried about smart メーターs - or is 殺到する pricing a 脅し? This is Money podcast

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Where do you stand on smart メーターs? This seemingly ありふれた sense 科学技術の 前進する in how we are 法案d for energy has 証明するd hugely 意見の不一致を生じる.

From 関心s over 安全 and 監視, to a 不信 of energy companies, and a botched and いつかs （刑事）被告 of いじめ（る）ing rollout, smart メーターs have not 証明するd the popular success it was hoped they would be.

Now things have stepped up a gear, as an Ofgem change will lead to smart メーターs 存在 able to send half hour updates to energy providers - 開始 the door for electricity pricing to change at different times of day.

The idea is that this will help smooth usage and make the 移行 to green energy easier and cheaper, while saving 顧客s money.

That makes sense, why not 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 your electric car or run the 宙返り／暴落する drier when 需要・要求する is low and so are prices?

But it also creates the 可能性のある for a troubling シナリオ for many, where energy pricing is used to change our behaviour.

一方／合間, people also question whether 私的な companies that sell us 力／強力にする are likely to give up 利益（をあげる）s and 許す our energy 法案s to get cheaper 全体にわたる.

ありふれた sense but 意見の不一致を生じる: Smart メーターs polarise opinion and there are 関心s over variable pricing through the day?

On this week’s podcast, Georgie 霜, 物陰／風下 Boyce and Simon Lambert look at the 最新の smart メーター 論争 and whether we are overthinking this.

Also on this week’s podcast, there’s some number crunching on what people need to do to 戦闘 インフレーション’s 影響 on their spending, income and wealth.

The team discuss the weird world of rising second 手渡す car prices and used cars 価値（がある） more than new ones.

And finally, friend of This is Money, Dave Fishwick ? of Bank of Dave fame ? is going to be the 支配する of a movie. 物陰／風下 updates on what Dave told him about that earlier this week.