your meter connected to your house is a pressure regulator.
each has a 'blow-off' valve in case of over pressure.
the distribution regulators drop from high pressure to low pressure (like 30-50psi) for neighborhoods.
the house pressure is usually 5-12psi after the meter/regulator.
lurk moar
the regulator in your gas meter is an orifice jet.
there is also a bellows to track gas volume (rubber).
in the old days, we used to puncture the bellows so the meter read less than we actually used (we were poor as dirt).
if the pressure gets too high, the bellows normally ruptures.
it is hard for high pressure to overcome the regulators in the system.
water heaters have regulators as well.
this smells like fuckery to me unless the gas system there was literally over a century old.
it's about the same cost.
your appliances need to be rejetted for propane as it burns differently than natgas.
you get a 200-500 gallon tank in your yard.
when the meter on it shows low, call the truck for a refill, just like you do with heating oil.
no smart meter needed.
natgas companies are all on the smartmeter bandwagon.
once they all get smartmeters, then they will not be looking for leaks or checking the meters any longer, which they do when humans are involved.
bad shit will come of that after a few years.
water companies are getting on too, but the smart water meters are all China-built and break often - the result is your bill reads $15,000 for a single month, and you have to go to water company and FORCE them to correct it.
any time you control your own resources, even if it take more time and more money, you are more free.
I dumped metformin.
it causes alkyloid plaque in brain (alz).
that was enough linkage for me.
hope you are recording that scanner anon