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1. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 21-Feb-2021 02:18:41 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

   • GeniusMusing
   @geniusmusing because of some combustion products, some agencies are trying to move US to electric. But the US will need to provide nearly every home with self-generation capability, so that people are not dying of hypothermia in their dwellings.
   • LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 20-Feb-2021 03:10:28 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
     Interestingly, there's a move to switch major indoor appliances (stove, furnace, water heater) from natural gas to electric. I guess the #Texas experience says that may not be a good idea.
   • LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 21-Feb-2021 04:22:50 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

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     Because of gas appliances, many residences have air quality that would be considered "smog alert" levels if it was outside. US-EPA wants US-CPSC to require new appliances to use electricity instead of gas.
     
     But having people die in their homes because the electricity was off (and now hearing that some of those plants shut down because the price of natural gas was higher than what they could sell the resulting electricity for) is not something I favor at all.