New England summers are getting warmer too so there is a bigger demand for cooling now than in the past 30 years. Heat Pumps that can both heat/cool could be viable solutions to the problem provided the strain on the grid is acceptable.
Further, many of the homes in the New England area were built before there was access to affordable insulation. I've heard of some houses being insulated with crumpled newspaper.
Insulation works for keeping houses cool in the summer as well as warm in the winter. Mass Save is a good program, but we need similar programs for NH, VT, and Maine too.
Offshore wind will happen eventually but the problem is ultimately NIMBYism. I think there is a lot of opportunity in Maine for offshore as the state needs quality high paying jobs as lobsters migrate north due to warming waters.
There are some very legitimate concerns with offshore wind as well
And agreed re: insulation. I suspect the only durable way to address climate change is through changes to consumption behavior. Modern global capitalism doesn't play well with that idea, unfortunately.
New England summers are getting warmer too so there is a bigger demand for cooling now than in the past 30 years. Heat Pumps that can both heat/cool could be viable solutions to the problem provided the strain on the grid is acceptable.
Further, many of the homes in the New England area were built before there was access to affordable insulation. I've heard of some houses being insulated with crumpled newspaper.
Insulation works for keeping houses cool in the summer as well as warm in the winter. Mass Save is a good program, but we need similar programs for NH, VT, and Maine too.
Offshore wind will happen eventually but the problem is ultimately NIMBYism. I think there is a lot of opportunity in Maine for offshore as the state needs quality high paying jobs as lobsters migrate north due to warming waters.
Great post!
There are some very legitimate concerns with offshore wind as well
And agreed re: insulation. I suspect the only durable way to address climate change is through changes to consumption behavior. Modern global capitalism doesn't play well with that idea, unfortunately.
heh, I read the first para wondering what you and Doomberg would make of each other, then I got to the second ;-)