Excellent update on energy transition positive news in the midst of depressing climate denial fanatics who are willing to sell the future of the world to make a quick buck by burning anything they can sell. It should be named the MASA movement (Make America Stupid Again).
I agree with transitioning away from fossil fuels but I wish they had talked more about costs to the consumer. I live in MA in 1500 Sq 2 bed/1 den and our monthly gas bill in the winter is $400 and electricity is $300 (closer to $500). We keep our place between 64-68F. Both electricity and gas have increase >20% from last year. I worry that the utilities will pass this cost to the consumer and make it even more unaffordable to live here.
This interview and what MA has been doing really opened my eyes to what is possible when a state and its voters act for a different, lower cost and GHG emissions-free future.
The investment into shallower depth geothermal for community residential/commercial heating, deciding to stop at a given site when rock strata makes cost impractical and to shift to air source heat pumps at individual bldgs, and providing good, similar jobs to gas industry workers, is just one of the well planned and executed, inspiring efforts by MA.
Also inspiring were multiple mentions by Mr. Van Nostrand of other talented leaders in MA agencies outside the Dept of Public Utilities who with their teams together are making cost-efficient, sustainable progress in MA’s energy transition.
Thanks from CO and the rest of the country to MA Dept of Public Utilities Chairman James Van Nostrand.
I might need to add "The Coal Trap" by James Van Nostrand to my reading list. Thanks for the reminder.
Excellent update on energy transition positive news in the midst of depressing climate denial fanatics who are willing to sell the future of the world to make a quick buck by burning anything they can sell. It should be named the MASA movement (Make America Stupid Again).
I agree with transitioning away from fossil fuels but I wish they had talked more about costs to the consumer. I live in MA in 1500 Sq 2 bed/1 den and our monthly gas bill in the winter is $400 and electricity is $300 (closer to $500). We keep our place between 64-68F. Both electricity and gas have increase >20% from last year. I worry that the utilities will pass this cost to the consumer and make it even more unaffordable to live here.
This interview and what MA has been doing really opened my eyes to what is possible when a state and its voters act for a different, lower cost and GHG emissions-free future.
The investment into shallower depth geothermal for community residential/commercial heating, deciding to stop at a given site when rock strata makes cost impractical and to shift to air source heat pumps at individual bldgs, and providing good, similar jobs to gas industry workers, is just one of the well planned and executed, inspiring efforts by MA.
Also inspiring were multiple mentions by Mr. Van Nostrand of other talented leaders in MA agencies outside the Dept of Public Utilities who with their teams together are making cost-efficient, sustainable progress in MA’s energy transition.
Thanks from CO and the rest of the country to MA Dept of Public Utilities Chairman James Van Nostrand.
Blue states unite.