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the death of coal?
| June 1st, 2022 at 12:04:47 PM permalink | |
| petroglyph Member since: Aug 3, 2014 Threads: 25 Posts: 6227 | I slows down the increase in the temperature inside for a little while. It also helps to close all the curtains. The fewer appliances running also makes less heat generation. It's amazing how much heat is blowing out from under our refrigerator. A lot of locals don't cook inside in the summer much at all if they can help it. I cooked a pot of beans last night in the garage, with the walk in door opened. And even though this house is very well insulated, it is a short time until the temperature starts creeping up. And up. And usually we have a ceiling fan in every room spinning, they stop and the air goes still. Once that air mass warms, there's nothing that can be done with it until the power comes back on, or the outside temp drops at least 10-15 degrees. Until then, it continues to warm inside. A small generator will help the refrigerator save the food inside, but when its running, it's blowing hot air out the bottom through the coils., which heats the kitchen. I don't want to get in a situation where we would have to go to a shelter to stay cool, it's not easy to keep my o2 running unless I'm at home with the power on. I also really don't want to be in a room full of other people that are probably health compromised like I am.. The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury. GW |
| June 1st, 2022 at 1:04:37 PM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
Backing up home AC is very expensive. MSRP Includes Transfer Switch - Installation, Taxes and Shipping Not Included Guardian 14kW Home Backup Generator with Whole House Switch WiFi-Enabled MODEL #7225 STARTING AT $4,899 Guardian 14kW Home Backup Generator with 16-circuit Transfer Switch WiFi-Enabled MODEL #7224 STARTING AT $4,797 Guardian 14kW Home Backup Generator WiFi-Enabled MODEL #7223 $4,199 EcoGen 15kW Home Backup Generator WiFi Enabled MODEL #7163 $4,964 Transfer Switch, Installation, Taxes and Shipping Not Included You can go half the kW for about half the price Generac POWERPACT 7.5KW HOME BACKUP GENERATOR Model #6998 $2,049 MSRP Includes Transfer Switch - Installation, Taxes and Shipping Not Included Frankly we haven't lost power for more than an hour in decades. We just have a cheap gasoline generator from Home Depot in case of extreme emergency. https://www.homedepot.com/p/WEN-Super-Quiet-Ultra-Lightweight-Gas-Powered-Recoil-Start-2350-Watt-Portable-Inverter-Generator-Fuel-Shut-Off-CO-Sensor-56235iX/319786181 $481 2350 Watt generator (gasoline) will give you enough power for a window unit, but you' will be driving back and forth to get gasoline every few hours. |
| June 2nd, 2022 at 3:31:27 AM permalink | |
| odiousgambit Member since: Oct 28, 2012 Threads: 154 Posts: 5116 | I have started to include CNN in my channel surfing, to see if they are less biased now since they cleaned house. Not much sign of it. anyway while surfing I saw they were going to have a segment on the high likelihood of blackouts in the midwest. Well, evidently, they decided the spin should be it is due to global warning. Not a word about the decisions to try to go green 'by force' ... in other words, force change by simply going to renewables only, ignoring evidence it will be inadequate. So it looks to me that they simply don't want to criticize these bad decisions. They hope to fool the public, which is going to be suffering from the blackouts and looking for answers. Good luck with that, CNN btw similar things are going on in the UK ... no luck there with the BS excuses I'm told I'm Still Standing, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah [it's an old guy chant for me] |
| June 2nd, 2022 at 5:05:30 AM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18221 |
At least nobody is watching that is already not woke brainwashed. The President is a fink. |
| June 2nd, 2022 at 6:59:15 AM permalink | |
| DRich Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 51 Posts: 4972 |
I now live in Florida and power outages are not uncommon with the storms and hurricanes. I will probably just buy a small generator for my garage that I can hook up to the refrigerator/freeze and power a few fans. It seems the $500 price point will probably work for what I believe that I need. At my age a Life In Prison sentence is not much of a detrrent. |
| June 2nd, 2022 at 7:24:00 AM permalink | |
| rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 189 Posts: 18775 |
Longest my power has been out is about a day and half. There was an accident nearby, fuel fire burned up trees and several utility poles. I have solar and aside from regular fridge, a mini fridge that the solar can power. But I usually have extra ice in the freezer of the regular fridge to transfer to the lower if it comes to that. It didn't get super hot that day, so running a couple fans was all i needed. Most of the power outages are rarely more than 2 hours from storms. You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
| June 3rd, 2022 at 3:09:19 PM permalink | |
| rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 189 Posts: 18775 |
You have until June 10 to buy a generator without paying taxes, because Florida has an emergency preparation period. At least, I think generators are included. You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
| June 3rd, 2022 at 5:51:34 PM permalink | |
| terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 73 Posts: 11820 |
I lived in FL 17 years. Rarely lost power. Huge storm, maybe lose power for an instant. Very frustrating when on a computer. Extended blackout rare. Usually due to a car accident at a transformer. FL is not like Texas. Grid very reliable Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
| June 3rd, 2022 at 11:05:33 PM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
I think a factor is simply how much electrical power is generated per person by instate generators. I'm only listing large population states because all states import electricity from other states. VT is a very small number because most of their electricity is from a big nuclear power plant in New Hampshire. Energy exporting states like West Virginia, Wyoming or Noth Dakota generate a lot of energy per capita since they are simply selling it to large metropolitn areas in other states. But a large state is limited in some ways as to how much it can import from other states. These 11 states consitute roughly 60% of the nation's population.
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| June 21st, 2022 at 9:13:34 PM permalink | |
| petroglyph Member since: Aug 3, 2014 Threads: 25 Posts: 6227 | https://www.theepochtimes.com/netherlands-lifting-restrictions-on-coal-fired-power-stations-amid-drop-in-gas-supplies-from-russia_4546802.html?welcomeuser=1 "“This means that the coal-fired power stations are allowed to produce at full capacity again so that less gas is needed for the production of electricity by gas-fired power stations. This reduces the risk of gas shortages and makes it easier to fill the gas storage facilities in the Netherlands and Europe.” Lucky they didn't tear down their coal fired plants. The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury. GW |