Well, the attempt to replace the laws of Physics, Science and Thermodynamics etc has been ongoing now for decades with little to show for it other than "We the People" financially supporting the Global Elites Green Identity they themselves created for US! But it is a fake narrative and one that is failing, the same as the narrative that an XX individual can give birth or can actually " transition" to an XY individual, biologically. Tell me the last time a male gave birth please!
The world has turned absurd, so enjoy this piece of fun a patriot has utilized to destroy the Glass House of Transgenderism as well.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/leftists-fuming-after-republican-coun...
"It is with great relief that I announce to everyone that I identify as a woman and not just any woman but as a woman of color as well. I guess this would make me gay/lesbian as well, since I am attracted to women," Webb, a father of six, wrote in a Facebook post.
"Whew, that felt good to finally get that out there and start living life as my true self. I’m excited to bring some diversity to the county council. Until today we didn’t have any females of color or LGBTQIAPC+++ on the council. I’m glad that now we do!" he continued, adding, "To avoid confusion, everyone can continue to address me as Ryan or as Councilman Webb. I will also retain my my preferred pronouns of He/Him, however, this will in no way diminish my true identity as a woman of color. I’m excited to be a vocal partner of the LGBTQIAPC+++ movement."
Webb noted that his stunning transition was not only exciting but historic: "I am more than likely the very first lesbian woman of color in the history of Delaware County to ever serve on the Delaware county council. I am honored to be the one to shatter that glass ceiling."
Webb recently told Dale Jackson of WVNN that no one from the liberal media or Democratic establishment has yet contacted him to celebrate or discuss his achievement. He also indicated he has yet to receive an endorsement deal from a major brand.
Charlize Jamieson, a 67-year-old transvestite in the council district, decried Webb's announcement, accusing the Republican of transphobia and bigotry, reported the Muncie Star Press.
Jamieson castigated Webb online, writing, "Was this really necessary? It's unbecoming of an elected official ... or a decent human being for that matter."
Webb asked Jamieson to extend the same compassion he had been given when coming out as a transvestite, writing, "When you decided to become a woman did people tell you it was unbecoming? Sorry pal but you don't get to be the decipher of who is acceptable and who isn't. I was hoping that you and I could be friends now that we're both ladies that used to be men. I'll give you some more time."
In a subsequent post, Jamieson appeared to provide criteria by which the authenticity of a transition claim ought to be judged: "Start dressing the part full time. Start hormone replacement treatment. Make a decision on surgery. Get your legal documents changed to reflect your gender. THEN, let's talk."
In the days following Webb's life-changing announcement, he and his family were reportedly targeted with death threats.
The councilman told WISH-TV, "Our family has been receiving violent threats throughout the day from intolerant liberals who refuse to accept my decision to live my life however I choose. I don’t really see how an interview will improve the situation."
Webb accused a leftist group called Indiana Progressives of organizing "a hate and harassment campaign against me and my family by publishing my address and encouraging people to unlawfully congregate at my home."
Indiana Progressives widely circulated Webb's announcement, writing, "County council member Ryan Webb mocks the LGBTQ community on Facebook. What a piece of s***! F*** you, Ryan Webb!
In response to the immediate backlash, Webb stressed that his "American Indian heritage is not of for debate. .... I hope that in the future those asking for tolerance and understanding are willing to give it in return and not just to those who they feel is worthy of it. Nobody has the authority to validate or invalidate any individual who chooses to identify a certain way."
The Muncie Star Press reported that the Delaware County Council convened on April 25 to take up, among other things, community members' demands for Webb's resignation.
Jamieson spoke out, once again denouncing Webb and misgendering him. He said that Webb's "words not only embarrass himself, but you, the county council."
A community member named J.M. DeAngelo said, "He may mind his manners here in this room, but his behavior online absolutely casts shame on this entire council."
The Burris Laboratory School chapter of the anti-Second Amendment group Students Demand Action called for Webb's resignation, suggesting that people like the councilman made life more difficult for people trying to figure out their identity.
A member of the group, Chelsea McDonnel, said, "With his facetious claim that he identifies as a woman of color ... he has made a mockery of his constituents, as well as his elected position and this council."
After various activists called for Webb to be removed from office, the councilman was finally given an opportunity to respond.
"You don't get to question me. You do not get to require proof from me. You were part of the movement that helped establish these rules and set the bar, OK?" said Webb. "You don't get to come later when someone else joins the club that you don't want in. ... You don't get to question how I identify."
Webb later accused his leftist critics of "perpetuating hate, intolerance and bigotry" toward him, noting that the backlash was "just another example of the intolerant Left and their ideology of contradictions."
The councilman has no intention of leaving the council, noting that capitulating now would "be an enormous disservice to the thousands of voters who chose me to be their representative."
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AIR SOURCE HEAT PUMPS DO NOT ECONOMICALLY DISPLACE FOSSIL FUEL BTUs IN COLD CLIMATES
https://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/air-source-heat-pumps-...
As a result of a few years of complaints by various HP users, mainly about energy cost savings being much less than stated on the RE websites of Efficiency Vermont, GMP, VPIRG, etc., VT-DPS was ordered by the Vermont Legislature to hire a consultant to perform a survey.
CADMUS gathered the operating data of 77 HPs at 65 sites, to determine annual energy cost savings of the heat pumps.
Here are the results:
HPs Have Annual Owning and Operating Loss
- The annual energy cost savings were, on average, $200/y/HP
- The annual testing/cleaning costs were about $200/y/HP; any spare parts and installation labor are ignored
- The annual amortizing costs were $455.68; turnkey cost of a single head HP, $4500 at 6%/y for 15 years
- A loss of at least $455/y
Displaced Fossil Btus by Electricity Btus is Minimal
- On average, Vermont HPs provided 27.6% of the annual space heat, and traditional fuels provided 72.4%.
These numbers are directly from the CADMUS report.
CO2 Reduction per HP is Minimal
The small percentage of displaced fossil Btus indicates HPs would not be effective CO2 reducers in the cold climate of Vermont, if used in average VT houses.
From CADMUS Report:
Figure 14 of below URL would have shown increasing electricity consumption by HPs, with decreasing outdoor temperatures
However, figure 14 actually shows decreasing consumption by HPs at 28F and below, because fewer and fewer Owners were using their HPs, as temperatures decreased below 28F.
Figure 14 shows, Owners started to turn off their HPs at about 28F to 30F, because their past experience showed significant increases in electricity bills, if they ran their HPs low temperatures
The inescapable rule of physics is, the lower the outdoor temperature, the lower the efficiency of the HP.
A house requires the most heat, Btu/h, at, say 0F, whereas HPs would be least efficient
This would almost be like electric resistance heating, which would be great for GMPs profits, but disastrous for Owner’s financial well-being.
- At those low temperatures, the hourly cost of HPs exceeds the hourly cost of a traditional heating system.
- This statement is true for average Vermont free-standing houses
https://publicservice.vermont.gov/sites/dps/files/documents/Evaluat...
From CADMUS report:
- On average, an HP consumed 2,085 kWh during the heating season, of which:
1) Outdoor unit (compressor, outdoor fan, controls) + indoor air handling unit (fan and supplemental electric heater, if used), to provide space heat, 1880 kWh;
2) Standby mode, 76 kWh, or 100 x 76/2085 = 3.6%;
3) Defrost mode, 129 kWh, or 100 x 129/2085 = 6.2%. Defrost starts at about 37F and ends at about 10F.
On average, these houses were highly unsuitable for HPs, and the owners were losing money.
http://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/cost-savings-of-air-sou...
NOTE: Coefficient of Performance, COP = heat delivered to house/electrical energy to HP
See page 10 of URL
https://mn.gov/commerce-stat/pdfs/card-air-source-heat-pump.pdf
Displaced Fuel Percentage of Vermont Heat Pumps, based on CADMUS Report
As a result of a few years of complaints by various HP users, mainly about energy cost savings being much less than stated on the RE websites of Efficiency Vermont, GMP, VPIRG, etc., VT-DPS was ordered by the Vermont Legislature to hire a consultant to perform a survey.
CADMUS calculated:
- Space heat to all sites was 65 x 92 million Btu/site = 5,980 million Btu from all fuels. See page 22 of CADMUS report
- Heat from HPs was 77 x 21.4 million Btu/HP = 1,648 million Btu. See page 21 of CADMUS report
- Traditional systems provided 5980 – 1648 = 4,332 million Btu, or 4332/5980 = 72.4% of the total space heat.
- HPs provided 27.6% of the total space heat.
- The average COP was about 3.34
https://publicservice.vermont.gov/sites/dps/files/documents/Evaluat...
This proves HPs, in average VT houses, are an expensive, non-solution regarding: 1) reducing CO2, 2) fighting climate change, and 3) saving the world.
Such "non-solutions" are the inevitable result of self-serving, subsidy-seeking, RE businesses working together with career RE bureaucrats, behind closed doors
The energy cost savings were an average of about $200/HP per year, instead of the $1,200/y to $1,800/y bandied about by RE folks and Efficiency Vermont, GMP, VPIRG, VT-DPS, VEIC, etc.
After the CADMUS report, those estimates disappeared from the websites.
All the data in Table 1 are from the CADMUS report.
Some URLs for information.
http://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/air-source-heat-pumps-a...
http://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/fact-checking-regarding...
http://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/vermont-baseless-claims...
Table 1/Space heat, per CADMUS |
Sites |
Million Btu/site |
Million Btu |
% |
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Heat to sites |
65 |
92.00 |
5,980 |
See URL, page 22 |
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HPs |
Million Btu/HP |
|
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Heat from HPs |
1648/5980 |
77 |
21.40 |
1,648 |
27.6 |
See URL, page 21 |
Heat from traditional |
4332/5980 |
4,332 |
72.4 |
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. |
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Million Btu/site |
% |
|||||
Heat from HPs, on average |
1648/65 |
25.35 |
27.6 |
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Heat from traditional, on average |
92.00 – 25.35 |
66.65 |
72.4 |
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Total heat to a site, on average |
92.00 |
HEAT PUMPS ARE MONEY LOSERS IN MY VERMONT HOUSE, AS THEY ARE IN ALMOST ALL NEW ENGLAND HOUSES
https://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/heat-pumps-are-money-l...
I installed three heat pumps by Mitsubishi, rated 24,000 Btu/h at 47F, Model MXZ-2C24NAHZ2, each with 2 heads, each with remote control; 2 in the living room, 1 in the kitchen, and 1 in each of 3 bedrooms.
The HPs have DC variable-speed, motor-driven compressors and fans, which improves the efficiency of low-temperature operation.
The HPs last about 15 years.
Turnkey capital cost was $24,000, less $2,400 subsidy from GMP
http://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/vermont-co2-reduction-o...
My Well-Sealed, Well-Insulated House
The HPs are used for heating and cooling my 35-y-old, 3,600 sq ft, well-sealed/well-insulated house.
The basement, 1,200 sq ft, has a near-steady temperature throughout the year, because it has 2” of blueboard, R-10, on the outside of the concrete foundation and under the basement slab, which has saved me many thousands of space heating dollars over the 35 years.
I do not operate my HPs below 10F to 15F (depending on sun and wind conditions), because all HPs would become increasingly less efficient with decreasing outdoor temperatures.
The HP operating cost per hour would become greater than of my efficient propane furnace. See table 3
High Electricity Prices
Vermont forcing, with subsidies and/or GWSA mandates, the build-outs of expensive RE electricity systems, such as wind, solar, batteries, etc., would be counter-productive, because it would:
1) Increase already-high electric rates and
2) Worsen the already-poor economics of HPs (and of EVs)!!
https://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/high-costs-of-wind-sol...
My Energy Cost Reduction is Minimal
- HP electricity consumption was from my electric bills, and an HP system electric meter.
- Vermont electricity prices, including taxes, fees and surcharges, are assumed at 20 c/kWh.
- My HPs provide space heat to 2,300 sq ft, about the same area as an average Vermont house
- Two small propane heaters (electricity not required) provide space heat to my 1,300 sq ft basement
- I operate my HPs at temperatures of 10 to 15F and greater (depending on wind and sun conditions)
- I operate my traditional propane system at temperatures of 10f to 15F and less
- My average HP coefficient of performance, COP, was 2.64
- My HPs required 2,489 kWh to replace 35% of my fossil Btus.
- My HPs would require 8,997 kWh, to replace 100% of my fossil Btus.
https://afdc.energy.gov/files/u/publication/fuel_comparison_chart.pdf
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-019-0199-y
https://acrpc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/HeatPumps-ACRPC-5_20.pdf
Before HPs: I used 100 gal for domestic hot water + 250 gal for 2 stoves in basement + 850 gal for Viessmann furnace, for a total propane of 1,200 gal/y
After HPs: I used 100 gal for DHW + 250 gal for 2 stoves in basement + 550 gal for Viessmann furnace + 2,489 kWh of electricity.
My propane cost reduction for space heating was 850 - 550 = 300 gallon/y, at a cost of $2.339/gal (buyers plan) = $702/y
My displaced fossil Btus was 100 x (1 - 550/850) = 35%, which is better than the Vermont average of 27.6%
My purchased electricity cost increase was 2,489 kWh x 20 c/kWh = $498/y
My energy cost savings due to the HPs were 702 - 498 = $204/y, on an investment of $24,000!!
Amortizing Heat Pumps
Amortizing the 24000 – 2400 = $21,600 turnkey capital cost at 6%/y for 15 years costs about $2,187/y.
This is in addition to the amortizing of my existing propane system. I am losing money.
https://www.myamortizationchart.com
Other Annual Costs
There likely would be annual cleaning of HPs at $200/HP, and parts and labor, as the years go by.
This is in addition to the annual service calls and parts for my existing propane system. I am losing more money.
My Energy Savings of Propane versus HPs
Site Energy Basis: RE folks claim there would be a major energy reduction, due to using HPs. They compare the thermal Btus of 300 gallon of propane x 84,250 Btu/gal = 25,275,000 Btu vs the electrical Btus of 2,489 kWh of electricity x 3,412 Btu/kWh = 8,492,469 Btu. However, that comparison would equate thermal Btus with electrical Btus, which all ethical engineers know is an absolute no-no.
A-to-Z Energy Basis: A proper comparison would be thermal Btus of propane vs thermal Btus fed to power plants, i.e., 25,275,000 Btu vs 23,312,490 Btu, i.e., a minor energy reduction. See table 1A
BTW, almost all RE folks who claim a major energy reduction from HPs, do not know how to compose this table, and yet they mandate others what to do to save the world from Climate Change.
Table 1A, Energy Savings |
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Heat in propane, Btu/y, HHV |
25275000 |
|
Fuel to power plant, Btu/y |
23312490 |
|
Fuel to power plant, kWh/y |
6833 |
|
Conversion efficiency |
0.4 |
|
Fed to grid, kWh |
2733 |
|
Transmission loss adjustment, 2.4% |
2667 |
|
Distribution loss adjustment, 6.7% |
2489 |
|
Heat in propane, Btu/gal, HHV |
84250 |
|
Purchased propane, gal/y |
300 |
|
Purchased electricity, kWh/y |
2489 |
|
Heat in propane Btu/gal, LHV |
84250 |
|
Standby, kWh |
91 |
|
Defrost, kWh |
154 |
|
To compressor, kWh |
2244 |
|
COP |
2.64 |
|
Heat for space heat, kWh |
5926 |
|
Btu/kWh |
3412 |
|
Furnace efficiency |
0.8 |
|
Btu/y for space heat |
20220000 |
20220000 |
.
Comparison of CO2 Reduction in my House versus EAN Estimate
My CO2 emissions for space heating, before HPs, were 850 gal/y x 12.7 lb CO2/gal, from combustion = 4.897 Mt/y
My CO2 emissions for space heating, after HPs, were calculated in two ways:
1) Market based, based on commercial contracts, aka power purchase agreements, PPAs
2) Location based, based on fuels combusted by power plants connected to the NE grid
See Appendix for details.
Market Based
Per state mandates, utilities have PPAs with Owners of low-CO2 power sources, such as wind, solar, nuclear, hydro, and biomass, in-state and out-of-state.
Utilities crow about being “low-CO2”, or “zero-CO2” by signing PPA papers, i.e., without spending a dime.
Energy Action Network, a pro-RE-umbrella organization, uses 33.9 g CO2/kWh (calculated by VT-DPS), based on utilities having PPAs with low-CO2 power sources.
Using that low CO2 value makes HPs look extra good compared with fossil fuels.
My CO2 of propane was 550 gal/y x 12.7 lb CO2/gal, combustion only = 3.168 Mt/y
My CO2 of electricity was 2,489 kWh x 33.9 g/kWh = 0.084 Mt/y
Total CO2 = 3.168 + 0.084 = 3.253 Mt/y
CO2 reduction is 4.897 - 3.253 = 1.644 Mt/y, based on the 2018 VT-DPS “paper-based” value of 33.9 g CO2/kWh
Location Based
Utilities physically draw almost all of their electricity supply from the high-voltage grid
If utilities did not have PPAs, and would draw electricity from the high-voltage grid, they would be stealing.
ISO-NE administers a settlement system, to ensure utilities pay owners per PPA contract.
Electricity travels as electric-magnetic waves, at near the speed of light, i.e., from northern Maine to southern Florida, about 1,800 miles in 0.01 second.
There is no physical basis for lay RE folks to talk about there being a “VT CO2” or a “NH CO2”, etc.
All electricity on the NE grid has one value for g CO2/kWh.
ISO-NE, the NE grid operator, calculated that value at 317 g CO2/kWh, at wall outlet, for 2018
My CO2 of propane was 550 gal/y x 12.7 lb CO2/gal, combustion only = 3.168 Mt/y
My CO2 of electricity was 2,489 kWh x 317 g/kWh = 0.789 Mt/y
Total CO2 = 3.168 + 0.789 = 3.937 Mt/y
CO2 reduction is 4.897 - 3.937 = 0.939 Mt/y, based on the 2018 “real world” value of 317 g CO2/kWh, as calculated by ISO-NE
Cost of CO2 Reduction is ($2059/y, amortizing - $204/y, energy cost savings + $200/y, service, parts, labor) / (0.939 Mt/y, CO2 reduction) = $2,188/Mt, which is outrageously expensive.
https://www.eia.gov/environment/emissions/co2_vol_mass.php
https://afdc.energy.gov/files/u/publication/fuel_comparison_chart.pdf
EAN Excessive CO2 Reduction Claim to Hype HPs
EAN claims 90,000 HPs, by 2025, would reduce 0.37 million metric ton of CO2, in 2025, or 0.37 million/90,000 = 4.111 Mt/y.
https://www.eanvt.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/EAN-report-2020-fi...
EAN achieves such a high value, because EAN assumes 100% displacement of fuel (gas, propane, fuel oil), which is completely unrealistic, because the actual fuel displacement in Vermont houses with HPs was only 27.6%, based on a VT-DPS-sponsored survey of HPs in Vermont, and 35% in my well-insulated/well-sealed VT house, as above stated.
The EAN 100% claim would be true, only for highly sealed and highly insulated houses, which represent about 2% of all Vermont houses.
In addition, the average Vermont house would need 2 to 3 HPs, with 4 to 6 heads, at a turnkey cost of at least $20,000, to achieve 100% displacement. See URL
Table 1/CO2 Reduction |
With HP |
With HP |
Fuel displaced 35% |
Electricity |
Electricity |
Market based |
Location based |
|
Electricity CO2, g/kWh |
33.9 |
317 |
CO2 of 2489 kWh, Mt/y |
0.084 |
0.789 |
CO2 of 550 gal of propane, Mt/y |
3.168 |
3.168 |
Total CO2 with HPs, Mt/y |
3.253 |
3.957 |
CO2 of 850 gal of propane, Mt/y |
4.897 |
4.897 |
CO2 reduction by my HPs, Mt/y |
1.644 |
0.939 |
. |
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Fuel displaced 100% |
||
CO2 reduction by EAN, Mt/y |
4.111 |
Coddling RE Businesses
Heavily subsidized businesses selling/installing/servicing HPs, etc., will be collecting hundreds of $millions each year over the decades, while already-struggling, over-regulated, over-taxed Vermonters will be further screwed out of a decent standard of living.
HP boosters Sens. Bray, McDonald, etc., know about those dreadful HP results in Vermont, and yet they continue shilling for HPs.
All these expensive Vermont GWSA efforts will be having ZERO IMPACT ON GLOBAL WARMING.
Maine as Third World Country:
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(excerpts) From Part 1 – On Maine’s Wind Law “Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine if the law’s goals were met." . – Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, August 2010 https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/From Part 2 – On Wind and Oil Yet using wind energy doesn’t lower dependence on imported foreign oil. That’s because the majority of imported oil in Maine is used for heating and transportation. And switching our dependence from foreign oil to Maine-produced electricity isn’t likely to happen very soon, says Bartlett. “Right now, people can’t switch to electric cars and heating – if they did, we’d be in trouble.” So was one of the fundamental premises of the task force false, or at least misleading?" https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-swept-task-force-set-the-rules/From Part 3 – On Wind-Required New Transmission Lines Finally, the building of enormous, high-voltage transmission lines that the regional electricity system operator says are required to move substantial amounts of wind power to markets south of Maine was never even discussed by the task force – an omission that Mills said will come to haunt the state.“If you try to put 2,500 or 3,000 megawatts in northern or eastern Maine – oh, my god, try to build the transmission!” said Mills. “It’s not just the towers, it’s the lines – that’s when I begin to think that the goal is a little farfetched.” https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/flaws-in-bill-like-skating-with-dull-skates/
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