Regarding NYC outlawing natural gas heat in new construction: Theyve done that here in the extreme NW tip of Washington state. Only electric going forward. Riiiiight, thatll work out well. Just got power back after 32 hours (yep, outside temp 11 degrees this a.m.). Snowed / iced in for the next 7 days realistically speaking.

So they arent building new power plants, theyre taking down hydroelectric dams (for the fishies donchaknow) and everyone wants an electric car. Color meamused! The big house I have, runs on three (3) electric heat pumps primarily AND my propane fireplace which so far as kept me from freezing. The house is another story I had reasons, but well be more independent from the grid in a year. (And NOT solar,

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I remember the Diamond Princess.


Slowly at first, then all of a sudden.