Currently in my part of Minnesota it’s a balmy -4 degrees and this weekend lows in the teens below zero are forecast. The sky is overcast and the wind is very light. However, I am comfortable in my home because of natural gas heating. Consider if all Minnesotans were forced to give up natural gas and rely solely on electricity from solar and wind for heating. I am certain I would be freezing as wind and solar sources would not be able to meet the demand for heating, let alone run factories or charge all our electric cars. In our new green energy utopia deaths from cold and heat would tally up faster than from COVID.
I have a very nice but misinformed friend who lives in rural Minnesota. She recently told me that she and her husband are saving up to buy an electric car to replace her modest RAV-4. It is the car they usually take when they have had to drive out of state for work conferences. Right now, they aren’t doing those, but I think those will eventually come back, right? I keep wondering how they will manage when they do purchase one. It should be interesting to hear her travel stories then!
I am comfortable in my home because of natural gas heating.
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I do too but when the electricity is off, my gas furnace doesn’t work. My gas furnace has an electric pilot light and an electric fan for forced air heating.