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NYC co-ops face financial crisis that could displace longtime residents
Crain’s New York BusinessSeptember 21, 2023Aaron ElsteinNYC Co-ops face financial crisis>> In italics below are excerpts from the article. It is apparent that these buildings are heated with fossil fuels, primarily oil. While the building highlighted in the article has unusual circumstances, there are many buildings with different but similar issues. NY City is loaded…
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New York State Energy Plan Needs More Balanced Approach
OLLOTSEGOThe Partial Observer by Keith Schue As dignitaries from around the world arrive in Manhattan for United Nations climate talks this month, they might wonder what New York is doing for the planet. Will they ponder state energy policy while renting an electric vehicle at the airport, watching CNN in an air-conditioned hotel, or enjoying…
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Areas resistant to renewable/solar installations
Princeton did a study that found that areas with geographic features such as lakes, waterfronts, and mountains are more resistant to renewable installations. Unfortunately for NY, that is most of the geography of the state. Notable in the statistics copied below is that of the people that cared enough to vote, 8% more were against…
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Texas: Poor energy planning
This is what poor energy planning leads to and NY State is headed down a similar path. Texas power grid operator pays Bitcoin miner over $30 million to curb energy usage https://www.techspot.com/news/100066-texas-power-grid-operator-pays-bitcoin-miner-over.html ERCOT (Electric Reliability Council of Texas) has left Texas with an islanded utility system and few interconnections to other states so that they will…