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Environment & Energy

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2. About fifty percent of my electric bill is natural gas

Wed Sep 27, 2023, 08:46 PM

Sep 2023

Is the cup half full or half empty?

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Suppose you have a choice in your electrical power... [View all] hunter Sep 2023 OP

Are you proposing anything with your supposing? MutantAndProud Sep 2023 #1

About fifty percent of my electric bill is natural gas hunter Sep 2023 #2

That statement is basically nonsense but MutantAndProud Sep 2023 #3

What's your opinion of the natural gas industry? hunter Sep 2023 #4

Leaky. Like all liquid or gas fuels. MutantAndProud Sep 2023 #5

Paying for AC electricity is a scam Effete Snob Sep 2023 #7

DC electricity comes primarily in red and blue MutantAndProud Sep 2023 #12

Wind and solar with battery LiberaBlueDem Sep 2023 #8

I had solar panels installed several years ago. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2023 #9

I honestly have no idea how much battery storage I'd need to disconnect. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2023 #15

Our excessive use... Think. Again. Sep 2023 #16

I only have two appliances with clocks. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2023 #17

yeah... Think. Again. Sep 2023 #18

2 to 7 watts per clock Blues Heron Sep 2023 #19

Thank you. Think. Again. Sep 2023 #21

I don't care for "home batteries" OKIsItJustMe Sep 2023 #20

To move away from fossil fuels... Think. Again. Sep 2023 #22

Economies of scale OKIsItJustMe Sep 2023 #23

Obviously.... Think. Again. Sep 2023 #10

The electrons in my wiring don't care where they came from RainCaster Sep 2023 #11

It's a false choice of course OKIsItJustMe Sep 2023 #13