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Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance 10-02-2022, 01:09 AM
Replies: 152
Views: 40,294
Posted By John Mercier
That would be personal behavior... anyone can go...

That would be personal behavior... anyone can go off grid.
If you are talking nationally... the US is ENERGY INDEPENDENT.
We ship more LNG and petroleum distillates overseas than we have any other...
Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance 10-02-2022, 12:55 AM
Replies: 152
Views: 40,294
Posted By John Mercier
We had 13M b/d of refining capacity in 2016. We...

We had 13M b/d of refining capacity in 2016. We had 12M b/d of refining capacity in 2020. The policy to expand without limits LNG sales offshore was enacted in 2018 - that is what effects the cost of...
Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance 10-02-2022, 12:51 AM
Replies: 152
Views: 40,294
Posted By John Mercier
Actually in an I-bond, that doesn't happen. ...

Actually in an I-bond, that doesn't happen.

Since the investors are free to divest, the mechanism still works on compensation. After all, it is their ROI that is reduced with each dollar spent on...
Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance 10-01-2022, 10:47 AM
Replies: 152
Views: 40,294
Posted By John Mercier
No. You can't. Once the bond is purchased it...

No. You can't.
Once the bond is purchased it will pay the dividend for the life of the bond.

You lose with a ''trading strategy''. You pay the manager for the trading strategy. Sort of like the...
Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance 10-01-2022, 09:55 AM
Replies: 152
Views: 40,294
Posted By John Mercier
You can't lose with a bond. And as I...

You can't lose with a bond.

And as I stated... the CEO pay is not tied to rates.
The CEO pay is directly paid from the return that the investors would get.
The more they choose to pay the...
Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance 10-01-2022, 09:03 AM
Replies: 152
Views: 40,294
Posted By John Mercier
Why? My bond fund manager takes a percentage of...

Why?
My bond fund manager takes a percentage of my return and isn't subject to me considering him a ''public'' employee.

I have the option to divest... so the investors at Eversource feel that...
Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance 09-30-2022, 11:05 PM
Replies: 152
Views: 40,294
Posted By John Mercier
Stopping Northern Pass made you more dependent on...

Stopping Northern Pass made you more dependent on the price of natural gas.

That would be a market line... and not a government required upgrade that could be recouped by transmission rates.
...
Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance 09-30-2022, 09:15 PM
Replies: 152
Views: 40,294
Posted By John Mercier
The system would quickly detect no load and...

The system would quickly detect no load and trigger a response as if your power had gone out.
Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance 09-30-2022, 09:11 PM
Replies: 152
Views: 40,294
Posted By John Mercier
They don't set rates. That would be the PUC;...

They don't set rates. That would be the PUC; based on investment and government required operating costs.

If they could set rates, free of that authority, they would be much higher.
The money...
Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance 09-30-2022, 01:11 PM
Replies: 152
Views: 40,294
Posted By John Mercier
It doesn't work that way. Eversource is...

It doesn't work that way.

Eversource is guaranteed a return on investment.
They no longer generate electricity.

So they get paid for billing, and a guaranteed return on investment for...
Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance 09-25-2022, 09:05 PM
Replies: 152
Views: 40,294
Posted By John Mercier
Eversource is regulated. They really can't be...

Eversource is regulated.
They really can't be ''cheated''.

They get paid basically to make the investment to deliver the power that others generate.

If you put in solar tied to the grid... you...
Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance 09-25-2022, 10:08 AM
Replies: 152
Views: 40,294
Posted By John Mercier
You wouldn't save much on the dehumidifier for...

You wouldn't save much on the dehumidifier for the difference that a problem of higher humidity might cause.

Whether it spins at a higher rate for a shorter period of time or a lower rate for a...
Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance 09-24-2022, 10:09 AM
Replies: 152
Views: 40,294
Posted By John Mercier
The Eversource rate hikes are mostly to upgrade...

The Eversource rate hikes are mostly to upgrade the lines.
Can't build all these new homes and not upgrade the lines that supply the electricity.

The actual power hike is due to the increase in...
Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance 09-24-2022, 06:07 AM
Replies: 152
Views: 40,294
Posted By John Mercier
Moving your AC up... that actually should have...

Moving your AC up... that actually should have helped with the water heater not losing its temperature as fast.

When you cooled the house down to 72... the heat loss would be greater from the...
Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance 09-23-2022, 07:56 PM
Replies: 152
Views: 40,294
Posted By John Mercier
While it is hard to determine from the bill...

While it is hard to determine from the bill rather than a smart meter that would give you a fairly reliable reading of the appliance usage... I think once the low hanging fruit is taken... it is all...
Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance 09-23-2022, 03:29 PM
Replies: 152
Views: 40,294
Posted By John Mercier
No. They don't Demand has a direct influence on...

No. They don't
Demand has a direct influence on the basics.

The 2018 EO allowing more LNG to be sent to Europe was capitalism as it normally works.

The shutdown of the 1M b/d of crude refining...
Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance 09-23-2022, 01:39 PM
Replies: 152
Views: 40,294
Posted By John Mercier
Draft dogs at door and windows - also check the...

Draft dogs at door and windows - also check the weather stripping for replacement. Make sure you lock the units.
Both interior and exterior storm windows... and window quilts.

4-H taught us a lot...
Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance 09-23-2022, 01:35 PM
Replies: 152
Views: 40,294
Posted By John Mercier
Quite serious. We are sending more LNG to...

Quite serious.

We are sending more LNG to Europe from a 2018 EO... so natural gas prices are up for electricity... not to mention the local infrastructure was not designed for the higher level of...
Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance 09-23-2022, 12:01 PM
Replies: 152
Views: 40,294
Posted By John Mercier
Why? Are certain candidates in a position of...

Why?
Are certain candidates in a position of authority going to go to price caps?

If not, CAPITALISM rules supreme.
We make more money in Europe on Natural Gas... so it isn't going to get...
Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance 08-07-2022, 01:55 AM
Replies: 152
Views: 40,294
Posted By John Mercier
Damp Rid placed around the house will lessen the...

Damp Rid placed around the house will lessen the humidity problem.

The calculation on the AC isn't straight forward without knowing the factor of air exchanges your home has every hour.
Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance 08-02-2022, 06:14 PM
Replies: 152
Views: 40,294
Posted By John Mercier
Your space heater and AC would be more...

Your space heater and AC would be more intermittent than some of the other items that are used each and every day.

But for the space heater... you may want to think of an electric...
Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance 07-30-2022, 10:12 PM
Replies: 152
Views: 40,294
Posted By John Mercier
Much higher to me would be due to reduce air...

Much higher to me would be due to reduce air flow.
The much higher temperature creating the drafting effect...
But registering a much higher temperature over a long period of time... including...
Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance 07-29-2022, 08:10 PM
Replies: 152
Views: 40,294
Posted By John Mercier
It is the mixture of heat/humidity relative to...

It is the mixture of heat/humidity relative to the ambient air outside the attic.

If the heat/humidity in the attic is much higher than the ambient, the venting system is not functioning properly.
Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance 07-29-2022, 08:08 AM
Replies: 152
Views: 40,294
Posted By John Mercier
If all three lead to the same space... It may...

If all three lead to the same space...
It may be worth trying to close the gable vents off...
But you would need to monitor temperature and humidity for a time to determine that the soffit-ridge...
Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance 07-28-2022, 09:03 PM
Replies: 152
Views: 40,294
Posted By John Mercier
The floor models serve a different purpose. ...

The floor models serve a different purpose.

Window units and mini-splits are stationary. Floor models were designed so that you could condition just the room you were in and move with you to...
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