Cold Reality – Empire Center for Public Policy

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

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.