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🚨Blue state regulators have spent years pushing natural gas out of American homes. With Democrats taking over Congress, that fight may be headed to Washington.
In my new piece at @Forbes, I look at what happens when families take the government's word that switching from gas heat to electric heat pumps will save them money.
- In Stoughton, Massachusetts, Laura and Joe Stephens replaced their aging gas furnace with a state-approved heat pump. Their electric bills for the entire previous winter came to less than $800. Their bill for December alone came to $853. "I thoroughly regret it," she told WCVB.
- Massachusetts pays rebates of up to $8,500 for a heat pump on an average $22,000 install. Part of that money comes from rising gas delivery charges, so gas customers are paying for the campaign to push them off gas. Only a government could dream that up.
- When the savings never showed up, regulators ordered special winter discount rates for heat pump customers. If the technology delivered what was promised, nobody would need the discount.
- Colorado is running its own version through its Clean Heat Standard. A GTI Energy analysis found that converting Colorado gas homes to all-electric would raise consumer energy costs 112%, more than $1.7 billion a year statewide.
New York's all-electric building mandate follows the same pattern, even after Gov. Hochul's own moderate Democrats begged her to slow it down.
Heat pumps are fine as a consumer choice. Forcing them on families, and making their neighbors subsidize the more expensive option, is not.
President Trump's oil, natural gas, and nuclear agenda now runs into a Democrat Congress, and some of those members will want to take these mandates national. The blue states have already shown us how that movie ends and it has nothing to do with being affordable.
That is all.
Link in the next post.
Nikki Haley is still controlled opposition after all these years. Kudos to Joe Kernen for not tolerating her bullshit.
Joe Kernen told Nikki Haley to take a hike on Squawk Box this morning — “Give me a break!”
Haley was blaming the GOP’s midterm losses on Republicans in Congress who went along with ICE’s “overreach.”
Kernen hit her with a SAVAGE reminder of how they got there in the first place.
HALEY: “And when you see the administration doing something wrong, say it…”
KERNEN: “I mean, the Republicans were left with 10, 15, 20 million illegals that crossed the border during the Biden administration, when NONE of the Democrats were saying, why do we have an open border down south?”
“So, I mean, it goes both ways.”
“Give me a break!”
“The presidential candidate that they ran was the ‘Czar’ of the border!”
“And we had Mayorkas saying the border is secure?!”
“The border’s completely secure with 10, 15, 20 million in it!”
Kernen is quickly becoming one of the only honest voices left in media.
He nuked Haley’s entire narrative.
Glad to see the @NYTimes endorsing #BAAJA, but this paragraph is utter and complete nonsense:
"[BAAJA] would make it easier to build solar energy farms, battery storage, power lines and more. As a result, it would reduce energy prices. The status quo is expensive, dirty and unstable. The country needs to build a lot of big, new things to make its future cheaper and cleaner."
These people just have no clue, and are simply reciting talking points they've been handed by wind and solar lobbyists.
But hey, that's what "journalism" has become.
Very glad to see the NYT editorial board endorse BAAJA, the bipartisan permitting reform bill.
Key points from the article:
1. "Democrats who call climate change an emergency should not defend a permitting system too slow to build the clean energy that would address it."
2. "[BAAJA] would make it easier to build solar energy farms, battery storage, power lines and more. As a result, it would reduce energy prices. The status quo is expensive, dirty and unstable. The country needs to build a lot of big, new things to make its future cheaper and cleaner."
3. "The bill’s Democratic skeptics are making a mistake. President Trump would almost certainly veto a follow-up bill next year. And time matters, especially for the climate. Congress should pass this bill now. It can then return next year and pass other bills that would do even more good."
4. "Today, it typically takes between 5 and 13 years to build a long-distance power line, like the one that transports clean hydropower from Quebec to New England. That line took about a decade to finish, and opened in January. It has enough capacity to meet about one-fifth of Massachusetts’s electricity demand, and it’s projected to save consumers $50 million a year."
5. "A more robust, cleaner grid would make American energy more reliable and less dependent on hostile foreign nations. No country can embargo the wind."
6. "[BAAJA] would force data center operators to pay the full costs of the electricity they use, protecting the average electricity consumer."
7. "On net, the bill would cut greenhouse gas emissions from power plants by as much as 18 percent by 2040. It would do so in part by nearly tripling the construction of high-voltage transmission lines."
8. "Anyone who cares about climate change should cheer this bill. And a party that just won an election on affordability should not pass up a chance to start delivering immediately."
![AlecStapp's tweet photo. Very glad to see the NYT editorial board endorse BAAJA, the bipartisan permitting reform bill.
Key points from the article:
1. "Democrats who call climate change an emergency should not defend a permitting system too slow to build the clean energy that would address it."
2. "[BAAJA] would make it easier to build solar energy farms, battery storage, power lines and more. As a result, it would reduce energy prices. The status quo is expensive, dirty and unstable. The country needs to build a lot of big, new things to make its future cheaper and cleaner."
3. "The bill’s Democratic skeptics are making a mistake. President Trump would almost certainly veto a follow-up bill next year. And time matters, especially for the climate. Congress should pass this bill now. It can then return next year and pass other bills that would do even more good."
4. "Today, it typically takes between 5 and 13 years to build a long-distance power line, like the one that transports clean hydropower from Quebec to New England. That line took about a decade to finish, and opened in January. It has enough capacity to meet about one-fifth of Massachusetts’s electricity demand, and it’s projected to save consumers $50 million a year."
5. "A more robust, cleaner grid would make American energy more reliable and less dependent on hostile foreign nations. No country can embargo the wind."
6. "[BAAJA] would force data center operators to pay the full costs of the electricity they use, protecting the average electricity consumer."
7. "On net, the bill would cut greenhouse gas emissions from power plants by as much as 18 percent by 2040. It would do so in part by nearly tripling the construction of high-voltage transmission lines."
8. "Anyone who cares about climate change should cheer this bill. And a party that just won an election on affordability should not pass up a chance to start delivering immediately."](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HW7WIWSXkAANhn_.png)
@jaclizjo She wants one thing: Free stuff. She wants her city/county government to give her a trampoline park. Free stuff is what people with zero concept about how a market economy works want.
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This story about a potential $5 billion economic development project being blocked by a functional midwit backed by Chinese money is the perfect metaphor for America's utterly insane society today. Incredible.
The woman who blocked the project told Fox the $5B investment would only benefit the employees of the data center, advocating for the site to be turned into an indoor trampoline park instead.
Every local trade union and small business is weeping.
This should be required reading in every Texas household:
TEXAS 2.0: Isn't it weird that so many of the 'Republicans' who oppose closed primaries turn out to be Democrats? How many Republicans from the Texas state legislature are working on Gov. Gina's team now?
Stephen Tausend, Cornyn’s current legislative director, has worked for him for a decade. He and another member of Cornyn’s staff are interviewing for positions with Talarico’s incoming Senate office. Jacob Smith, Tausend’s number two, spent five years as Cornyn’s deputy legislative director and policy adviser and joined Talarico’s campaign as deputy policy director.
https://t.co/3WPOC4d2wE
@FabSueBowman I would argue with that, but can't find any reason to try.
This is only funny because you think it might actually be real.
Latest Tucker Guest Bigfoot Reveals How Mind-Controlling Chemtrails Are Sprayed Over The Flat Earth By The Jews https://t.co/KhZtN8KHbK
@BigManEpicP I am nothing if not generous.
Hawley backs nationwide data center moratorium https://t.co/im4yTAjoSY
Facts? Since when do facts matter in our society? I must have missed that memo.
😂 Well, this is awkward for the anti-data-center crowd.
We've been told that data centers are creating massive urban heat islands, raising local temperatures, and threatening communities. Another reason, apparently, to stop building them.
However...
A new peer-reviewed study in Environmental Research Letters examined 13 years of satellite data from data centers in Japan.
The results?
🌡️ Daytime surface temperatures actually DECREASED by 1.8–2.2°C over the studied facility footprint.
At night? No statistically significant warming directly over the facilities, with cluster-scale warming constrained to less than 0.3°C.
And here's the funniest part: The previously claimed 2°C regional warming would require 6–43 TIMES more waste heat than the facilities could physically produce.
To be clear, the daytime cooling reflects roof properties, not servers magically refrigerating the neighborhood.
So we went from "data centers are cooking our cities" to observations showing cooler daytime surfaces and little evidence of widespread nighttime warming.
Maybe we should measure things BEFORE declaring another environmental emergency and demanding we stop building critical infrastructure. 😂
📖 https://t.co/Zw9EkhLmMl
If you like NAPA wines like we do, now is a wonderful time to pick up some fine ones at bargain basement prices after the entire valley priced itself out of a declining buyer base.
CO2-induced wine apocalypse update from Napa Valley:
"vineyards drown in unsold bottles...far too much wine and not enough people buying it"
https://t.co/8kMecLXXki
Holy crap, this guy.
Nvidia's Jensen Huang allegedly caught on camera being affectionate with Nvidia’s vice president of health care, according to The New York Times.
The report comes after he was accused of having a relationship with an alleged Chinese spy.
Huang is now also accused of having an extramarital relationship with Nvidia’s vice president of health care, Kimberly Powell, who is also married, according to The Times.
The outlet reports that Huang and Powell were caught on camera being "affectionate" during a conference at a hotel in San Jose, California.
Powell was promoted to senior director of AI business development in 2016 before being appointed vice president of health care in 2017. She reportedly reports to Huang.
During the conference, a bystander allegedly caught Huang and Powell on camera. Huang's security sequestered the individual before making an offer to sign a nondisclosure agreement, according to the NYT.
Such a surprise to those of us who have been warning about this very social dynamic for the last 10 months. Imagine our shock.
*sigh*
🚨 NOW: It's just been exposed that the effort to block a data center on an ABANDONED mall lot in Maryland is LINKED TO CHINESE COMMUNISTS
Imagine that.
"The Party for Socialism and Liberation took notice...that group is reportedly linked to controversial Chinese businessman Neville Roy Singham."
The CHINESE are happy with this move.
Their goal is to take every possible opportunity we get to expand our SI lead and give China an advantage.
We can't let them!
Fantastic graphic here.
US water use per year:
Data centers: ~17 billion gallons
Golf courses: ~500 billion gallons
Farm irrigation: ~27 trillion gallons
Doesn't this corrupt little ghoul ever roll out of this job?
We've entered a new age of climate extremes:
A supersized El Niño is colliding with a planet already superheated by climate change.
The latest @WMO report shows once again that leaders must get serious by cutting emissions faster, accelerating a just transition from fossil fuels & delivering the finance & protection vulnerable countries need.
https://t.co/2VxPKoZGq0
So hard to believe @CNN would air a false report based on specious "science," isn't it? Perish the thought!
Remember when CNN reported data centers were causing enormous "heat island" effects based upon a (bogus) non-peer reviewed research paper on March 30?
Well, now published research shows the exact opposite: the reflective roofs of the data centers actually dramatically cool the daytime temperatures around the buildings compared to otherwise.
https://t.co/1crmjqIzu8
Study: https://t.co/h6qKfOAlZk
CNN sloppy work:
https://t.co/BylQtleHAw
Incredible letter.
The White House Counsel Will Scharf calls out Democrats for their crazy threats – and specifically the incoming Oversight Committee chairman for attributing his lawfare crusade to “pettiness because he is gay.”
Garcia clearly did not think that through.
If you enjoyed this content or even if you hate it with a purple passion, you can read more like it every damn day right here: https://t.co/oBpoW8zUFa.
🚨Blue state regulators have spent years pushing natural gas out of American homes. With Democrats taking over Congress, that fight may be headed to Washington.
In my new piece at @Forbes, I look at what happens when families take the government's word that switching from gas heat to electric heat pumps will save them money.
- In Stoughton, Massachusetts, Laura and Joe Stephens replaced their aging gas furnace with a state-approved heat pump. Their electric bills for the entire previous winter came to less than $800. Their bill for December alone came to $853. "I thoroughly regret it," she told WCVB.
- Massachusetts pays rebates of up to $8,500 for a heat pump on an average $22,000 install. Part of that money comes from rising gas delivery charges, so gas customers are paying for the campaign to push them off gas. Only a government could dream that up.
- When the savings never showed up, regulators ordered special winter discount rates for heat pump customers. If the technology delivered what was promised, nobody would need the discount.
- Colorado is running its own version through its Clean Heat Standard. A GTI Energy analysis found that converting Colorado gas homes to all-electric would raise consumer energy costs 112%, more than $1.7 billion a year statewide.
New York's all-electric building mandate follows the same pattern, even after Gov. Hochul's own moderate Democrats begged her to slow it down.
Heat pumps are fine as a consumer choice. Forcing them on families, and making their neighbors subsidize the more expensive option, is not.
President Trump's oil, natural gas, and nuclear agenda now runs into a Democrat Congress, and some of those members will want to take these mandates national. The blue states have already shown us how that movie ends and it has nothing to do with being affordable.
That is all.
Link in the next post.
Link to full story at Forbes: https://t.co/CsmY2JgEtt
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