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Opinion: During the freeze, my gas stove was essential
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Heights resident Bill Weinle boils water on his stove to add heat in his home, which was without power and water, in Houston, Wednesday, February 17, 2021, after a winter storm left people without power and water along with freezing temperatures.Why gas stoves matter to the climate – and the gas industry: Keeping them means homes will use gas for heating too

," : I wholly support our efforts as a nation to develop cleaner ways of energizing the world. To me, there is no downside to doing things that help “this Eden” we were given stay healthy. That being said, when the lights went out in Texas in 2021, our gas stove was cooking some much-needed hot meals, which we then ate in the cold darkness.

At the same time, they can arguably be a more efficient utilization of energy in the overall consumption of energy, which matters to our society much more than the climate agenda perceives. Increased total energy demand will likely result in higher emissions totals. Houses with all-electric appliances create a high load upon the energy transmission and distribution system, and create an exponential increase in energy demand during extreme cold spells.

If we really intend to convert our generation to all or mostly renewable resources, that effort will be greatly enhanced by reducing the size of the demand curves during cold snaps. ERCOT isof our “deregulation” to potentially offer payments to incentivize extra generation resources that are only available for use during extreme events. Why not reduce the need for this generation reserve cost by installing more, rather than fewer gas appliances.

," : Well, fudge. I guess it’s no surprise that Katy ISD, one of the book-banniest school districts in the country, has canceled yet another bestselling author’s reading event, this time due to Emma Straub's “repeated use of the ‘F’ word” on social media. Maybe the school board could get Kyle Rittenhouse to fill her vacancy, since Southern Star Brewery.

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