Electrify MC

[Anonymous]

Has anyone in Montgomery County signed up for this yet? https://mygreenmontgomery.org/2023/meet-the-electrifymc-team/

I signed the pledge on Nov 16 and asked to be contacted, but haven't heard from anyone yet. There are some pretty good point-of-sale rebates being offered, and I'd love to have someone come to my house and give me an analysis of what I could convert from gas, and how much it would cost.

[Anonymous]

Not a huge fan of this moralistic approach. Electrification sometimes doesn't make sense. Why does it have to be all or nothing? Dual fuel HVAC was the right choice for us and we're still significantly reducing our emissions.

[Anonymous]

Agree that it's not black and white... In what circumstances do you think electrification doesn't make sense? Curious..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Agree that it's not black and white... In what circumstances do you think electrification doesn't make sense? Curious..

If your heating load is much larger than your cooling load (which is common), you have to oversize it for cooling which means you don't get the same efficiency in the summer. On the other hand if you do dual fuel then you can right size it for cooling and use the gas furnace as supplemental heat in the winter.

If you have an old leaky house with bad ductwork, gas furnaces can heat the home more effectively than heat pumps.

If you have a high velocity system with small, flexible ducts, heat pumps will not work well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not a huge fan of this moralistic approach. Electrification sometimes doesn't make sense. Why does it have to be all or nothing? Dual fuel HVAC was the right choice for us and we're still significantly reducing our emissions.

Well I'm not a huge fan of my kids living on an unihabitable planet with extreme political instability.

Not sure what circumstance electrification doesn't make sense?

It doesn't make sense to toss a working gas appliance for a new electrical appliance that is true but otherwise there is no good reason to not make the switch and yes I know only about 40% of the US electrical mix is non carbon based but that number is rapidly changing and 100% of the energy from appliances running on gas is bad for the planet.

There really is no reason to not switch all of your gas based appliances to electric when they need to be replaced.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not a huge fan of this moralistic approach. Electrification sometimes doesn't make sense. Why does it have to be all or nothing? Dual fuel HVAC was the right choice for us and we're still significantly reducing our emissions.

Well I'm not a huge fan of my kids living on an unihabitable planet with extreme political instability.

Not sure what circumstance electrification doesn't make sense?

It doesn't make sense to toss a working gas appliance for a new electrical appliance that is true but otherwise there is no good reason to not make the switch and yes I know only about 40% of the US electrical mix is non carbon based but that number is rapidly changing and 100% of the energy from appliances running on gas is bad for the planet.

There really is no reason to not switch all of your gas based appliances to electric when they need to be replaced.

I listed 3 reasons above. Not everyone has unlimited funds to redo their ductwork to make heat pumps work effectively.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not a huge fan of this moralistic approach. Electrification sometimes doesn't make sense. Why does it have to be all or nothing? Dual fuel HVAC was the right choice for us and we're still significantly reducing our emissions.

Well I'm not a huge fan of my kids living on an unihabitable planet with extreme political instability.

Not sure what circumstance electrification doesn't make sense?

It doesn't make sense to toss a working gas appliance for a new electrical appliance that is true but otherwise there is no good reason to not make the switch and yes I know only about 40% of the US electrical mix is non carbon based but that number is rapidly changing and 100% of the energy from appliances running on gas is bad for the planet.

There really is no reason to not switch all of your gas based appliances to electric when they need to be replaced.

So I can only assume you’re advocating for new nuclear power plants, right? Because wind and solar aren’t going to handle the demand of an eventual 100% electric-only energy model. And that doesn’t even take into account a mostly electric vehicle fleet in another 20 years.

So where is all this electricity going to come from? You could literally cover 10% of the surface area of the US in solar panels and it still wouldn’t be enough to meet that kind of demand.

You have two choices: build thousands of nuclear plants, or, accept radically less consumptive lifestyle options. Those are your options. Pick one.