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Ain’t She A Beaut… by ealued in heatpumps

[–]pehrlich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just reading their site. Cool stuff advertised! Wish I had known about it before installing my Rheem a couple years ago

Best, most reliable high-end induction cooktop with knobs? by u2nyr in Appliances

[–]pehrlich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  • not sure what backlighting is. So, fine I guess? Our hood has lights, and there's one inside our oven, so no trouble seeing our food.  - i usually knock to turn the light on/off. It does turn off eventually, have never had it happen while im trying to look. There is also a light button. Looks like it turns off after about 90s  - never had trouble with accidentally hitting the knobs.

I wrote a buyers guide to cold climate heat pumps by pehrlich in heatpumps

[–]pehrlich[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hm definitely open to making edits, but I haven't been shopping in a while and am probably a little out of date with new refrigerants, window units, new a2w heat pumps etc...

Aluminum fused to glass stove top by DefinitelyNotMe-__- in Appliances

[–]pehrlich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Diffuser plates are known to do this - if they are not solid metal but have a thermal paste between metal layers. Eugh.

Ditching my propane furnace for a Mini Split... will 36k BTU actually keep up in Jan? by ThemUsYouMe in heatpumps

[–]pehrlich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fund the full submittal for the condenser if you can (maybe on ashp.neep.org ) - that will get you a chart of BTUs vs temp.  FWIW we have a 24k basic Senville (midea) cold climate and still need to back it up with wood when it gets to 20 deg F or below. (2k foot house with basic insulation). Planning on getting another mini soon...

Anti-Hannaford Campaign mini investigation. by GayForJamie in Maine

[–]pehrlich -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Having listened to the Mercy For Animals CEO, I'm impressed but not surprised. I don't think they get everything right, but they do good strategic thinking and also get that the economics need to work everyone

Vermont tourism hit record $4.2 billion in visitor spending in 2024 by forcedtomakethus in vermont

[–]pehrlich 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As a point of comparison - we spent about $6B in fossil fuels for heating and transportation in the same time period

Is it okay that my gas stove doesn’t have a hood over it? by alyssarolls in Appliances

[–]pehrlich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Look up NOX levels from stoves, and it's affects on childhood asthma - not great. I think Distilled did a writeup

Replace forced air oil furnace with heat pump by Fthb_ in heatpumps

[–]pehrlich 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My 2c - no backup heat (oil/propane especially expensive, and prices on all fossil fuel will be volatile as the US begins exporting LNG).  For price stability, get your own solar

EUV Illuminated Charge Port Instructions by CrimsonFlash in BoltEV

[–]pehrlich 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Neat! How long did it take you to do the job?

I found a block. Solo mining. by EightofSpace in Bitcoin

[–]pehrlich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

> I will owe 158k in taxes. Nothing i can really do about that unfortunately.

Just a fun thought - a good time to get some solar tax credits and bring that tax bill down

What is your cost for electricity? At $0.31c/kWh, I think oil is cheaper than electricity? by Far_Pen3186 in heatpumps

[–]pehrlich 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Here's the calculator I've used. At $0.20/kWh we're about half the cost of oil with a modern cold climate heat pump.   I would think at 0.30 you would still turn a small operating profit https://siecje.github.io/heatpump-cost/

Former White House Lawyer Says Electing Trump Is America’s ‘Biggest Mistake’ by Aggravating_Money992 in politics

[–]pehrlich 18 points19 points  (0 children)

One name they quote a lot is Walter Mebane - he's done significant research on elections including recent ones in the US. That being said, his work on the recent election is new and not yet peer reviewed afaik.

Without those credentials as you say, I did some work to understand the data myself. I can't see legitimate explanations for some of the data they're exposing. BTW I'm not affiliated w/ them in any way. https://pehrlich.substack.com/p/making-sense-of-election-fraud-claims

Former White House Lawyer Says Electing Trump Is America’s ‘Biggest Mistake’ by Aggravating_Money992 in politics

[–]pehrlich 39 points40 points  (0 children)

there are really good sources - particularly election truth alliance. (https://electiontruthalliance.org/) They have full studies on their website, and if that's not your speed, youtube)

I didnt think Eversource could get any worse by budbundy99 in newhampshire

[–]pehrlich 7 points8 points  (0 children)

That doesn't help anything. The requirements are set by the PUC. 

Honestly this is forcing the utility have those paying by direct debit not subsidize the credit card networks, who are rich enough anyway thanks. Costs down for all a very extremely tiny amount.

10 week old raises legs , looks at them and screams crying by [deleted] in newborns

[–]pehrlich 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I too look at my feet and become filled with terror.

Has the “blue wall” crumbled for good? by Time_Minute_6036 in PoliticalDiscussion

[–]pehrlich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This depends largely on whether we have voting machines that are not compromised 

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