Global Warming's Oppositional Revenge

When Tracie Klossner opened up her recent utility bill, she immediately walked over to the thermostat and turned the temperature down. A resident of Rochester, NY, she is used to cold winters. However, the recent streak of negative temperatures (Fahrenheit) had her reeling. For the month ending on Feb.2, her heating bill clocked in over $720 for her 2,600-square-foot single-family home.

My first thought was: What is her thermostat set at? My home is one-third (1/3) the size of hers, yet my bill is a mere one-sixth (1/6). On top of that, I also live in northeastern South Dakota where negative temperatures are a normal occurrence, not a rare one.

Klossner uses a mix of electric and gas to heat her home (as do I), with a furnace that runs on electric and a water tank and stove that run on natural gas. In my case, the furnace and water heater are gas and the stove is electric. Her bill was about $100 more than her bill from the same time last year; and $300 more than her bill two years ago.

As millions of Americans suffered through the coldest invasion of Arctic air in the last four years, now comes the shock of high utility bills as furnaces and electric heaters run almost non-stop. Multiple rounds of bone-chilling cold spread through much of the eastern half of the country in recent weeks. A fierce and deadly winter storm brought snow, ice, and cold with temperatures in the Northeast dipping to the single digits or below 0F, with wind chills as low as -30F due to extreme gusts.

Heating costs can vary widely depending on the type of heating source used, and location. Electricity is the most expensive heating source available. Electrifying everything, as the global alarmists are want to do, will only make it pricier. The average heating demand in some regions that dealt with the rare Arctic blasts was estimated to be 115% to 150% above normal. That’s more than double.

Electric heating bills during the roughly 25-day cold spell were expected to run hundreds of dollars above normal for some larger households. Overall, heating costs are expected to jump about 9.2% this winter. This is on top of a 41% spike in electricity rates between 2020 and 2025. according to J.D. Power. The rising costs are due to a combination of factors including: the cost of financing power plants, temporarily high natural gas costs, a higher demand for electricity due to electric vehicles and data centers, aging infrastructure, and fewer government giveaways.

It’s time to quit glorifying electric cars with their rare-metals dependency, as well as put a stop to data centers raping the electric grid. Life without fossil fuels is still a long way off unless you want to freeze your a$$ off due to high costs and blackouts from a dream-world renewable-only society. Like it or not, fossil fuels are needed to run the modern world.

By the way, Klossner had the temp set at 71F. Maybe she should start wearing sweaters and lower the thermostat.

Source used: farmforum.net