Posted by Peter R Troast (not verified) on Oct 14, 2011 10:25am
So timely. Thanks for this DeWitt. Frankly, the Governor's infatuation with natural gas at the moment is doing incredible disservice to the people of Maine. I thought he was a fiscal conservative, but he's either gone big spender or can't be bothered by math. The switching cost alone of shifting oil boilers to natural gas for the "majority" of Maine homes (his 3 year goal) is north of $2 billion. And that doesn't include, uh, getting the natural gas to people's houses. Maybe someone should point out to him that our state isn't exactly densely settled.
Efficiency savings, as you point out, require no pipelines, cost a helluva lot less than a new boiler and, LISTEN UP PEOPLE, produce savings forever with no monthly charges.
Hear, hear.
So timely. Thanks for this DeWitt. Frankly, the Governor's infatuation with natural gas at the moment is doing incredible disservice to the people of Maine. I thought he was a fiscal conservative, but he's either gone big spender or can't be bothered by math. The switching cost alone of shifting oil boilers to natural gas for the "majority" of Maine homes (his 3 year goal) is north of $2 billion. And that doesn't include, uh, getting the natural gas to people's houses. Maybe someone should point out to him that our state isn't exactly densely settled.
Efficiency savings, as you point out, require no pipelines, cost a helluva lot less than a new boiler and, LISTEN UP PEOPLE, produce savings forever with no monthly charges.