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The US a country with vast natural energy resources and very wealthy energy companies that are currently enjoying vast profits due to the global market place in energy, should not have ordinary citizens sitting in homes that they are unable to heat properly.
Inflation is giving them profits.
And to do what you say goes against the global plan to "save the planet" by putting us all on wind/solar.
Speaking of giving away money. Texas petroleum producers flare enough gases to supply every house in Texas, year round. It is cheaper and easier to burn it up than to build pipelines and sell it.
ah you seem to miss the point that they are a business whose purpose is to make money. If they charged enough to pay for the cost to build the pipelines you would be here complaining about that cost. The Government's purpose is primarily to support it's people and that is we the people of the US NOT the people of another Nation or Nations. Worked for FPL for years in Florida and every time a storm would come people would yell at FPL for not burying all the lines land when told it would have to double rates for 20 years to pay for it just complained that no the company should do it anyway without raising rates. A business must make money a Government just takes it. Big difference.
Former President Trump withdrew the United States officially from the Paris Climate Agreement on November 4, 2020, having claimed in 2017 it would cost the country $3 trillion in GDP and 6.5 million jobs. On his first day in office, President Biden signed an executive order to rejoin the agreement, in line with his campaign pledge to make the nation carbon-neutral by 2050 irrespective of cost.
I was being sarcastic. I was making a parody of the type of tone deaf statements politicians make. Anybody that owns a home must be well off. Just be thankful you aren't homeless sort of thing. Eat chef Boy ardee buy generic Raisin Bran, get a Tesla etc. it is your fault you are cold.
Sorry to take you literally...my bad. lets be thankful that those who voted for this, are now paying through the nose for it. I feel bad for the rest though.
Sorry to take you literally...my bad. lets be thankful that those who voted for this, are now paying through the nose for it. I feel bad for the rest though.
I think many people just voted D without knowing what the campaign promises were.
So would you rather cope with that or 100 degrees? Almost all cold countries are more developed and hot places not so much. Live is easy if you aren't about to freeze to death. Oh and for people and frozen pipes. You should be able to drain your system.
I didn’t think I needed to because I didn’t think we’d have a whole week of such low temperatures. It was completely unprecedented in my lifetime. I also never lost power so I was lucky. I just forgot about the pipe next to my breezeway. Live and learn I guess.
I’ll take 100 degree days over that kind of cold any day. Though I believe people in really cold places are far more prepared for that kind of weather. Their homes are designed to withstand it more. They have more winter clothes than we do along the Gulf Coast. (My folks in Amarillo are much more prepared for your weather than mine). I’m assuming the pipes are more insulated there. But overall I’d far prefer heat to cold, even though July and August can be pretty miserable. At least I enjoy the many options we have for cooling off.
Joe Biden is crapping on his constituents, & instead favoring people all around the world instead....how does that feel Maine?
Bad call out. Out of all of the New England states, Mainers are the most self sufficient. I'd put them up against any state in this union for hardiness and self sufficiency.
EIA projects heating a home with natural gas will cost an extra 25% this winter
Yet we produce enough here in the U.S. to not be needing any imports. https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/...nd-exports.php
So if we're exporting more than we need, and importing none; we're creating our own supply shortage.
Of note, much of this gas isn't sent to Europe, but as per link: Mexico.
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