What the hell is that supposed to mean?

This from the "Smart User" blog. Well played, with the oxymoron. By virtue of the profoundly deep understanding of the environment he is redressing, I can only assume the author is a member of these United States congress :/

Mechanical or Spinning disk type meters can be read optically or magnetically, or if you have a dig meter with LED interface you can monitor the LED frequency; Both allow for real time monitoring of your homes load. Monitoring the aggregate by collecting at all load points would be better, but that's a bit more complicated. try: http://web.archive.org/web/20060509092108/http://www.seanadams.com/pge/ ...for a head start. SLR-