Hank Hill is sad...
Posted on 07/17/2019 3:26:51 PM PDT by navysealdad
Berkeley became the first city nationwide to ban the use of natural gas in new low-rise residential buildings in a unanimous vote Tuesday by the City Council. The ordinance, introduced by Councilwoman Kate Harrison, goes into effect Jan. 1, 2020, and phases out the use of natural gas by requiring all new single-family homes, town homes and small apartment buildings to have electric infrastructure. After its passage, Harrison thanked the community and her colleagues “for making Berkeley the first city in California and the United States to prohibit natural gas infrastructure in new buildings.”
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Making life in Berkley even more expensive.
The world’s cleanest burning carbon fuel. Insanity reigns supreme!
Especially if the natural gas is coming from cows.
Congratulations, Ocasio-Cortez. You did it!
Not a problem.
I suggest burning old rubber tires to cook and keep warm.
Only the best for Berzerkely.
requiring ...electric infrastructure////
Uhh, where does the electricity come from?
Shhh! Are you trying to ruin it for the oil and gas folks? Keep your voice down.
Berkeley, the home of the California Golden Luddites.
These people are setting themselves up for a world of hurt for energy. Maybe bicycle powered generators can take up the slack in a crisis.
https://ww2.energy.ca.gov/almanac/electricity_data/total_system_power.html
Well, Democrats love to make people suffer in every way that they can.
Not going to be too good when PG&E does one of their five day electrical power shut downs. At least with a gas stove you can still cook.
OMG. Our city here in Canada was behind the times, but slowly people have converted OUT of heating oil and electric baseboards FOR natural gas. Natural gas is dirt cheap. Who are these idiots?
In Federal court.
I like starting my trash fires with diesel. Makes really pretty blue/black smoke....
Capture the methane that flashes off from night soil cisterns like the North Koreans do
Which tells you they will NEVER be satisfied. Plastic straws ban. Then plastic bag bans. Natural gas out. I am surprised more don’t complain about those places that kill fish using hydro damns. Soon it will be cooking fires - until they ban those.
Berzerkley........too stoned to think and too stupid to care
After helping to make California electricity among the most expensive in the nation, they now demand all new buildings ONLY use electricty - continuing to add pressure toward still higher electric rates.
Oh those California leftists are soooo smart!! NOT!!!
I wish we could make the legal case that such an edict amounted to a “taking” without due process or compensation.
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