Cold Reality – Empire Center for Public Policy

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Cold Reality – Empire Center for Public Policy

This is an interesting propaganda piece and research paper sponsored by the state's propane industry. It really shows how fossil fuel interests are facing dire consequences, at least over time, from the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act -- and how modest the costs of upgrading to heat pumps really is. While they make the numbers seem alarming, a $50k upgrade to a house isn't much when you consider the savings over time, and how much houses cost these days. Definitely read this article.

2020 Census Under Counts

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2020 Census Under Counts

In 2020, there was a meme about the importance of New Yorkers being counted in the Census, so not to be under-counted as compared to Idaho. But when the Census Bureau took a final review of 2020 Census, it turns out New York over-counted by 3.44% or 695,000 residents while Idaho under-counted by 1.55% or 29,000 residents.
 
Southern States -- especially Texas and Florida had big under counts, it looks due to low participation rates of Hispanic voters, which the Census reports were under counted. Ultimately when the history books were finalized on the census, it was President Trump's messing around with the census that hurt red states more then blue states. Go figure.
 

 

Nor’Easters, El Niño and a Warm Atlantic Ocean

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One thing not getting a lot of coverage this year is how warm the Atlantic Ocean still is going into December. But a weather video on YouTube mentions this.

While the winter is likely going to be dominated by mild conditions due to El Niño in the Pacific Ocean, and right now the polar jet stream is well north of us and for the most part the subtropical jet stream is below us. That means dry, fairly stable conditions. But one thing to watch is when the jet stream inevitably gets wavier as winter progresses, and we get one of those classic arctic blasts as the polar jet stream dips north. All that energy embedded in the warm Atlantic Ocean could make for one hell of a Nor’Easter.

That is all. Do watch this video.