How dare you say these people are Fascist! They just want whats best for you, even if you don’t want it
The next front in fighting climate change: your home
The Build Back Better bill, if it ever comes to pass, now seems unlikely to include any major climate change provisions. But we can still reduce our own carbon emissions, starting with our own homes.
About 20% of greenhouse gases in the US come from homes. And the homes of the wealthiest Americans, who can most easily afford climate-saving modernizations, emit about 25% more greenhouse gases per capita than those of lower-income residents. These are problems we can solve, as homeowners, with new technology, and through government incentives.
When we think about our home’s carbon footprint, most of us think of solar panels, but switching to electricity from fossil fuels for heating our home’s air and water may be even more important. More than half of the energy homes use is for heating and air conditioning, and nearly two-thirds of US homes rely on fossil fuels for heat.
They want to force you to no longer be able to use natural gas. Many places are stopping the construction of new homes using natural gas. Obviously, the next step is to force those with existing NG hookups to switch them. That’d be rather expensive.
End permits for buildings heated by fossil fuels
I have NG for heating and the fireplace. It’s a whole lot less expensive than electricity. I wish the water heater was on NG.
Give homeowners electrification incentives
Let’s print more money! And, if you don’t except, you’ll be force to do this.
Use more eco-friendly materials and construction methods
Ones which will be a lot more expensive, to start.
As home construction, power generation, and heating and cooling technologies change, we just have to make sure our thinking changes, too. Home ownership now comes with new responsibilities, and new opportunities to leave the world better than we found it. This involves learning about a new kind of economics, not only to own a home, but to run it. Our goal can be not just to benefit our own family, but all of us.
Or, these cultists can, with all do respect, fuck off and mind their own business.
Read: The Next Climate Crisis (scam) Fight Will Be Over Your House »
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