Sorry Al, the "Truth" is in....
24/05/07 01:55 PM
Of course, I am not
really going to apologise to that blowhard wrecking
machine of a failed politician Al Gore, but I would
like to send him a message. Here in Southern Ontario,
if you are lucky, you have natural gas for heating,
by far the most reliable and cheapest of the
mainstream, keep your ass warm in winter, heating
choices. The gas companies have an enormous interest
in tracking what they refer to as "Degree Days",
which in short means that they pay a lot of attention
to weather patterns and forecasts to enable them to
predict loads on their distribution network. They are
very good at this and they keep scrupulous records.
Here at the Elder Geek Casa we got our annual equal billing statement the other day and were expecting that the "WARMEST JANUARY ON RECORD" and various other "'warmest" or "mildest" calendar events over the past winter would help drive our monthly payment to South of affordable for a few months. I really feel stupid about this, I, more than most people, should be able to resist the plastic headlines and the hysterical talking heads all wound up over the inevitability of Man made Global Warming and the coming Planetary Apocalypse, but I am weak somedays and it just seeps into my consciousness. In any event, the real experts, the Gas Company, tells us that the temperature this heating season over the previous one was DOWN 8%! That is, for those of you in Ottawa, COLDER by 8%.
Sorry Al, but I'll put my experts up against yours any day of the week. These guys don't rely on grants, or government handouts, they have to get it right or lose their jobs. The jury is in. You are exposed, better get some warm clothes.
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Here at the Elder Geek Casa we got our annual equal billing statement the other day and were expecting that the "WARMEST JANUARY ON RECORD" and various other "'warmest" or "mildest" calendar events over the past winter would help drive our monthly payment to South of affordable for a few months. I really feel stupid about this, I, more than most people, should be able to resist the plastic headlines and the hysterical talking heads all wound up over the inevitability of Man made Global Warming and the coming Planetary Apocalypse, but I am weak somedays and it just seeps into my consciousness. In any event, the real experts, the Gas Company, tells us that the temperature this heating season over the previous one was DOWN 8%! That is, for those of you in Ottawa, COLDER by 8%.
Sorry Al, but I'll put my experts up against yours any day of the week. These guys don't rely on grants, or government handouts, they have to get it right or lose their jobs. The jury is in. You are exposed, better get some warm clothes.
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