[Magdalen] gas prices?

[Molly Wolf]

It's really easy to be righteous when you don't have to face a Canadian winter (or a South Carolina summer). Ditto the unfeasibility of public transit outside major cities in a country with large spaces.  

But Jay and Marion -- Jim is the little boy who sneezes.

Molly
Who lives in an inefficient brick Victorian house with heroic drafts

The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. -- Mark Twain

> On Oct 23, 2014, at 8:12 PM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> So how exactly am I supposed to keep warm up here in the frozen north/? /I heat mostly with wood in an airtight stove - 3 full cords.  The baseboards are expensive to run and even my split-heat/air, air I don't use, heat pump system installed last year needs power to work and can't cope with the sort of winter we had last year..
> 
> What is your secret?
> 
> Marion, a pilgrim
>> On 10/23/2014 2:21 PM, Jim Guthrie wrote:
>> From: Charles Wohlers
>> 
>>> Yes, and I'm sure that when you moved to Scranton you installed a woodstove
>> 
>> In case you didn’t know, Woodstoves are pretty efficient at pumping carbon into the atmosphere. Renewables per se do not address Global Warming.
>> 
>> But it should be noted that unlike those who talk the talk but don’t walk the walk, it appears that the younger generation is paying attention:
>> 
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/22/upshot/where-the-graduates-are-going-and-where-they-already-are.html 
>> 
>> Note that only one of the top cities attracting college graduates does not have rail transit -- Indianapolis. Places that have been traditionally hostile to transit are chasing away the graduates/millenials, like Detroit.
>> 
>> And while we're at it, it should be noted that millenials are a big concern to the autmakers, as they tend to not care about getting their drivers license, let alone a car:
>> 
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/14/us/report-finds-americans-are-driving-less-led-by-youth.html 
>> 
>> . . . even the automakers are concerned:
>> 
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/23/business/media/to-draw-reluctant-young-buyers-gm-turns-to-mtv.html 
>> 
>> So at least the youngsters are concerned,even as the boomers continue in denial.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Jim Guthrie
>> .
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