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New York City Council votes to ban natural gas stovetops in new buildings : NPR

In a vote Wednesday, New York's city council approved a ban on natural gas in newly constructed buildings, joining cities like San Jose and San Francisco that have made similar commitments to reduce emissions.

Moving away from natural gas means that stoves and heat pumps will be powered by electricity instead, cutting down on carbon emissions. Nearly 40% of carbon emissions in the country — and more than half of New York City's emissions — come from buildings.

The new ban, with 40 votes in the affirmative and seven votes against the measure, applies to buildings that are seven stories or shorter by the end of 2023; buildings that are taller have an additional four years to comply. There are some exceptions in the bill, including hospitals, laundromats and crematoriums.

Weather Update – December 16, 2021

After the rain last night, 63 degrees later. And sun! 😎

Just a one day break from winter, not that it’s been that cold this winter. Friday is going to be 52 degrees, which isn’t that bad then rain and snow for Saturday. I think I’ll probably stay in town on Saturday and then head out on Sunday. Not totally sure if it’s to Central NY then Finger Lakes, or directly that way or the Adirondacks, still considering my options though I want to get out of town part of the time I’m off next week. The cold and sunny come Monday. Yes, see the word cold!

Today.
Feels like …
October 12th.

Slight Chance of Showers and Patchy Fog then Partly Sunny

A slight chance of showers before 8am. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny.

South wind 7 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

and

63 degrees , 45 max dew point, 4:23
sunset.
Tonight.
Feels like …
October 9th.

Chance of Showers

A chance of showers, mainly before 2am. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear.

South wind 10 to 15 mph becoming west after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

and

43 degrees , 7:19
sunrise.
Friday.
Feels like …
November 8th.

Sunny

Sunny.

West wind 9 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

and

52 degrees , 4:23
sunset.
Friday Night.
Feels like …
November 26th.

Mostly Cloudy then Slight Chance of Snow

A slight chance of snow after 4am. Increasing clouds.

Northwest wind 5 to 8 mph becoming calm after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

and

28 degrees , 7:20
sunrise.
Saturday.
Feels like …
December 22nd.

Snow then Wintry Mix

Snow before 1pm, then snow and sleet between 1pm and 4pm, then rain after 4pm.

Light and variable wind becoming east around 6 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

and

36 degrees , 4:23
sunset.
Saturday Night.
Feels like …
November 30th.

Wintry Mix

Rain before 10pm, then sleet between 10pm and 4am, then a chance of snow after 4am.

Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

and

27 degrees , 7:21
sunrise.
Sunday.
Feels like …
December 31st.

Chance of Snow then Mostly Sunny

A chance of snow before 7am. Partly sunny.

Chance of precipitation is 30%.

and

34 degrees , 4:24
sunset.
Sunday Night.
Feels like …
January 17th.

Mostly Clear

Mostly clear.

 

and

15 degrees , 4 max wind chill, 7:21
sunrise.

Monday.
Cold !

Mostly Sunny

Mostly sunny.

 

and

31 degrees , 4 max wind chill, 4:24
sunset.
Monday Night.
Feels like …
December 21st.

Mostly Cloudy

Mostly cloudy.

 

and

21 degrees , 7:22
sunrise.
Tuesday.
Feels like …
December 9th.

Partly Sunny

Partly sunny.

 

and

40 degrees , 4:25
sunset.
Tuesday Night.
Feels like …
December 21st.

Mostly Cloudy

Mostly cloudy.

 

and

21 degrees , 7:22
sunrise.
Wednesday.
Feels like …
December 22nd.

Partly Sunny

Partly sunny.

 

and

36 degrees , 4:25
sunset.

Good Morning – December 16, 2021

Good morning! Happy Tea Party Day 🐍 !

The day they celebrate dumping source-separated organic waste into the Boston Harbor. 🐷 I guess they still do, although farther out with a big underwater pipe to reduce nitrogen concentrations and fish kills near the harbor. That said, I never was much of a tea drinker myself. ☕ My drug of choice is coffee but never much past 8 AM if I want to get sleep.

That said, I do admire those tea-party type folks, as I think there is too much government in our lives, I love my guns, fires, and big jacked up truck. And those little towns that smell like silage and cow shit. And I don’t like paying a shit ton of taxes to make the government enforcers wealthier and have their jack-boots on our throats. So Happy Tea Party Day, Don’t Tread on Me.

The rain is dun, it’s now cloudy and 46 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁️ There is a south breeze at 7 mph. 🍃. Sun later but mild. Temperatures will drop below freezing at Saturday around 5 am. ☃️ Maybe a little bit of snow on Saturday or maybe all rain.

Yesterday was sort of fun as holiday work from home day, 🎅 in the sense that I didn’t have to shower 🛀 or look all purty before work, 👔 and I missed the rain, ☔ coming home although I didn’t get in as many steps in as it was raining by evening. It was nice having virtually unlimited bandwidth, 📶 as my phone plan expires today, so anything below 25 GB high speed quota is lost. That said, my new office is pretty nice, especially with the new computers and the monitor I can hook my laptop too. And I just like how the office is laid out.

Working remotely was fine for one day, 🏡 it let me test out my equipment and make sure that it still worked. Booting Winders 10 was slow as shit 🖥 but I was able to get on the VPN so it’s good that it still works okay. It was good, by afternoon I felt like shit 💩 from the COVID-19 and TDAP boosters. Both arms are a bit still sore from the shots. 🙋🏻‍♂️

The next two days it’s back to working downtown, 🏢 and then I have a week off. That said, it seems like the best weather days are the days I’m working downtown, not the Monday I took off or the work at home day. So be it. I can’t control the weather, only my attitude. 😀 Monday looks like it will be so cold, so I may want to pack lots of warm clothes ♨️ and maybe set up the tent on Sunday for hot tenting.

I survived my COVID-19 and tetanus shots. 💉I get that the vaccine is essentially poison, but so is many things in life, and it was pretty bad for a while yesterday afternoon, although eventually it wore off. I took the advice of the nurse and kept moving my arms and drinking a shit ton of water 🥛 but all that water did was make me have to visit the loo a lot. 🚽 I guess my hope was to feel not so bad by staying well hydrated as the nurse suggested, but I don’t think it worked. 🤮 It was fine but like last time it was awful about 20 hours after the shot. I hope this is the final COVID booster or at least they fix it so it’s not nasty.

Dang thing about it is I’m no longer afraid of needles, I’m basically a heroin addict with all vaccines I’ve gotten over the past few years. 💉 Plus those needles are so tiny and thin, that they are practically just a infinitesimally small prick. Do I love it? Fuck no, but what’s the alternative? I hate doctors but you got to pay the racket if you want to hurt less. 😳

I wanted to catch the earlier express downtown 🚏but that didn’t happen as I decided I need to clip my hair 💇🏻‍♂️ as it was getting a little messy. 💈 I have to admit I’m not much of barber and I always end up with badly cut clumbs of hair but I started cutting my own hair during the pandemic as the barber shops were closed and I’m still not sure I’m that comfortable getting so close to a barber, even though I’ve been boosted and suffered the after of misery after that.😒