Demo held against 5G
A demonstration was held Saturday against the technology called 5G, a new standard in cellular communications.
So I’m like, OK, maybe these were environmentalists protesting at how a new technology will cause waste because people will throw away perfectly good phones to buy new ones. Or maybe these are social justice folks concerned about conditions in phone factories in China or the coltan mines in Africa.
Or maybe, since 5G is closely associated with Huawei, we’re back to China again and these people don’t want Canada or Canadian companies investing in Huawei?
Nope. They’re nutbars, probably aligned with the folks who didn’t want smart meters from Hydro‑Quebec. “Le vice-président du Rassemblement électosensibilité Québec (RESQ) […] portait d’épaisses lunettes noires. Sa tête était couverte d’un capuchon : il a choisi ses vêtements en fonction de leurs capacités « à bloquer les radiofréquences […] [et] a confié ressentir des symptômes lorsqu’il est exposé aux champs électromagnétiques : maux de tête carabinés, perte de vision, oreilles bourdonnantes…”
jeather 18:04 on 2020-01-26 Permalink
Oh, I assumed it was because of the 5G interferes with weather forecasting concern.
Kate 20:05 on 2020-01-26 Permalink
I thought you were joking, jeather, but you were not.
CE 23:12 on 2020-01-26 Permalink
I thought it might be because of rumours that it helps spread the Coronavirus.
Kate 10:14 on 2020-01-27 Permalink
CE, that’s even more nutso.
I saw the video of the man collapsing in the street, described in that article, and was suspicious. It seemed entirely too ben trovato.
Raymond Lutz 20:31 on 2020-01-27 Permalink
And radio-astronomers too are worried… https://www.insidescience.org/news/brief-5g-internet-next-big-thing-light-pollution
And who does really need the mobile bandwidth 5G will provide? Autonomous cars? 4K video streaming? When tech (and financial sector betting on growth) derails and produces something superfluous. Apple watch? Google glass? wifi connected juicer? Ciboire! Are they going to broadcast neural nets over the air? Is edge AI really a thing? aaaarghh.