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GWS2004 t1_j343qyf wrote

Reply to comment by Intrepid_Priority154 in Massachusetts clean heat policy needs focus on heat pumps, equity, advocates say by EnergyNewsNetwork

Yeah, it IS the new boogyman from the right. Alln they do it attack alternative energy because of their ties to oil companies. It's very well documented. Texas sure faired well from natural gas a couple winters ago, didn't they? And don't try to spew the right wing lies about it being due to wind energy. It was natural gas.

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modernhomeowner t1_j35206i wrote

"Oil companies" are just energy companies. They will provide whatever energy we want. I have Shell as my electricity supplier, supplying 100% solar energy (of course with offsets since we don't have 24 hr sunshine in MA).

Texas failed from not having enough natural gas capacity to meet the high electric heating use on a cold day, not that the natural gas itself failed. It's the same issue we can run into in MA if we don't start approving these peaker plants. If we have more heat pumps, we need more natural gas power plants as a backup to heat homes when the sun isnt shining (night time, snowy days, cloudy days like we've had this week) and when the wind isn't blowing (we won't have the issues of windmills freezing like Texas did because we have heated windmills unlike warmer climates that have cheaper windmills without heaters). The only way green energy works is with natural gas peaker plants; anyone who is against peaker plants, is against green energy.

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GWS2004 t1_j34lnbd wrote

Way to avoid the facts.

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