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The largest city in the U.S. bans natural gas in new buildings
NPR ^
| 12/15/2021
| DEEPA SHIVARAM
Posted on 12/15/2021 7:47:40 PM PST by MAGA2017
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posted on
12/15/2021 7:47:40 PM PST
by
MAGA2017
To: MAGA2017
They can always burn coal
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posted on
12/15/2021 7:49:21 PM PST
by
PGR88
To: PGR88
They can always burn coalI was wondering about that. I worked in the City 1974-82. If I recall, lots of ConEd generators were coal. I'm sure by now natgas and oil.
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posted on
12/15/2021 7:51:35 PM PST
by
llevrok
(Pronouns: Me/myself/& I)
To: MAGA2017
Electricity from the New York grid has a higher carbon footprint than burning natural gas for heat. This is pure virtue signaling insanity.
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posted on
12/15/2021 7:52:03 PM PST
by
edwinland
To: MAGA2017
And how is all that electricity going to be made? Nuke? Coal? LNG? Pick your poison as all have trade offs.
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posted on
12/15/2021 7:52:53 PM PST
by
Liaison
(TANSTAAFL)
To: MAGA2017
Just like a lot of locales in caulifourkneeyu. Let me just say......fidiots. just got an email today from NVEnergy saying in the last year their natural gas costs have gone up 15-20% so......... Sir-prize! Happy New year! LETS GO BRANDON!
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posted on
12/15/2021 7:52:58 PM PST
by
rktman
(Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
To: MAGA2017
So we are going to use natural gas to generate electricty so we can use that electricity to generate heat? Does anyone understand basic thermodynamics?
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posted on
12/15/2021 7:53:54 PM PST
by
LukeL
To: MAGA2017
Electric heat pumps won’t “cut down on carbon emissions” until we support the grid with more nuclear powered generating facilities.
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posted on
12/15/2021 7:54:23 PM PST
by
lightman
(I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
To: MAGA2017
Heat pumps?! Heat pumps in New York City?!
Heat pumps get very inefficient when the temperature gets below 27 degrees Fahrenheit. New York City gets well below that routinely in winter months. If the whole city were heated that way you would have blackouts and people freezing in the dark. This is insanity.
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posted on
12/15/2021 7:54:27 PM PST
by
Dr. Sivana
("There are only men and women."-- George Gilder, Sexual Suicide, 1973)
To: wattojawa
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posted on
12/15/2021 7:54:41 PM PST
by
lightman
(I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
To: MAGA2017
Heating, water heating, cooking etc. waste a lot of energy if electricity is used. Having to converge the gas in power plant to electricity, then transport by wire and burn to heat is very inefficient from the scientific point of view and having large carbon footprint!
Theis solution is making things worse!
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posted on
12/15/2021 7:55:18 PM PST
by
AZJeep
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0AHQkryIIs)
To: MAGA2017
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posted on
12/15/2021 7:55:24 PM PST
by
Williams
(Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
To: Dr. Sivana
I know. And every one in NH and ME is installing them
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posted on
12/15/2021 7:56:12 PM PST
by
Chickensoup
( Leftists totalitarian fascists are eradicating conservatives)
To: Dr. Sivana
Bingo.
And the worse thing you can do with an electric heat pump is to program an overnight set-back.
Temperature recovery is then attempted at the coldest hours of the day.
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posted on
12/15/2021 7:56:18 PM PST
by
lightman
(I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
To: Dr. Sivana
If the whole city were heated that way you would have blackouts and people freezing in the dark. This is insanity.
Stinks to be in NYC.
(Literally, I know.)
Glad our family got out, a few years ago.
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posted on
12/15/2021 7:58:07 PM PST
by
Jane Long
(What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12 )
To: Dr. Sivana
Had a heat pump in Va...Not gonna happen in NY.
Some very rich person in the area had one but could only be used seasonally. That was years ago.
To: MAGA2017
I’m sure every chef in the city is thrilled to hear this. Wonderful, lets use a electric griddle to cook your 5 star meal. I’m sure restaurants will eventually get a exemption.
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posted on
12/15/2021 7:59:57 PM PST
by
Theoria
To: MAGA2017
How do these goobers think electricity is generated in a reliable fashion?
To: edwinland
That is what they do.
There is all kinds of gas in PA, WV and Ohio, yet they will not allow new pipelines. MA buys Russian gas when supplies are tight in the winter. These people will one day figure out that their glorious leaders are treating them like serfs.
To: Jane Long
Glad our family got out, a few years ago.
I was in Connecticut as a regular visitor to NYC (former fianceé in Brooklyn). Some people are drawn back even after they leave. I haven't been in NYC since 1997. I drive around it and take I-84 when driving to/from CT. I do NOT miss it.
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posted on
12/15/2021 8:00:40 PM PST
by
Dr. Sivana
("There are only men and women."-- George Gilder, Sexual Suicide, 1973)
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