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Seattle Might Ban New Homes and Buildings From Using Natural Gas
Townhall.com ^ | Posted: Sep 05, 2019 7:45 PM | Timothy Meads

Posted on 09/06/2019 11:02:09 AM PDT by Red Badger

The Seattle Times reports that Seattle's city council is considering legislation which would ban all new homes and buildings within city limits from using natural gas, and mandating that these edifices must use electric heating and cooking.

Councilmember Mike O’Brien will likely introduce the legislation next week. If passed, it is expected that the regulations will go in effect next summer.

"We know that some people rely on natural gas at home and on the natural-gas industry for jobs, so we want to be thoughtful about how we transition," O'Brien said. "But in the meantime, let’s not continue to make the problem worse."

Peggi Lewis Fu, executive director of the NAIOP Commercial Real Estate Development Association’s Washington state chapter, slammed the potential proposal.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: bluezones; energy; naturalgas; seattle
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1 posted on 09/06/2019 11:02:09 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

Where do they think their power comes from? Solar Panels in Seattle? Where it rains 75% of the time?


2 posted on 09/06/2019 11:06:59 AM PDT by ClayinVA ("Those who don't remember history are doomed to repeat it")
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To: Red Badger
San Luis Obispo City in CA. just passed to stop new building from having natural gas lines installed.
3 posted on 09/06/2019 11:07:03 AM PDT by bobrlbob
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To: Red Badger
Insane....

Where do they think electricity comes from?

4 posted on 09/06/2019 11:07:10 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Red Badger

Following in the footsteps of the numnuts in Bezerkley. Maybe people should go back to coal or wood burning stoves.

All this window dressing might be laughable except that it raises the cost of construction in cities where there is a massive shortage of affordable housing.


5 posted on 09/06/2019 11:07:23 AM PDT by KingofZion
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To: bobrlbob

That’s okay, more for us back east at cheaper prices!.................


6 posted on 09/06/2019 11:07:57 AM PDT by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain......................)
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To: KingofZion
Maybe people should go back to coal or wood burning stoves.

Those were outlawed a few years back.................

7 posted on 09/06/2019 11:08:39 AM PDT by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain......................)
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To: Red Badger

This would be asinine.


8 posted on 09/06/2019 11:09:12 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: KingofZion

Following in the footsteps of the numnuts in Bezerkley. Maybe people should go back to coal or wood burning stoves.

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actually a number of west coast cities have banned wood burning heat


9 posted on 09/06/2019 11:10:02 AM PDT by Chickensoup (Voter ID for 2020!! Leftists totalitarian fascists appear to be planning to eradicate conservatives)
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To: ConservativeMind

This would be asinine.

This is normal in liberals’ minds..............


10 posted on 09/06/2019 11:10:14 AM PDT by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain......................)
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To: ClayinVA

See who and how many Wash State Dems and their families own stock in Fijitsu General.


11 posted on 09/06/2019 11:10:41 AM PDT by xkaydet65
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To: Red Badger

This is completely bonkers. Natural gas is the most efficient, reliable and cheap and therefor - most environmentally friendly energy source there is.


12 posted on 09/06/2019 11:13:44 AM PDT by PGR88
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All you need is dung, all you need is dung,
All you need is dung, dung...
Dung is all you need, dung is all you need.

13 posted on 09/06/2019 11:16:17 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: ClayinVA

Seattle would be far better off if they BANNED LIBERALS, not natural gas. Fools.


14 posted on 09/06/2019 11:16:40 AM PDT by EagleUSA
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To: Red Badger

The cleanest power source on earth along with hydro and maybe wind. Idiots. Bloody stupid idiots.

Liberalism is a SEVERE mental disorder.


15 posted on 09/06/2019 11:17:21 AM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (What profits a man if he gains the world but loses his soul?)
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To: Red Badger

Just increased the cost of older homes.


16 posted on 09/06/2019 11:24:05 AM PDT by Kozak (DIVERSITY+PROXIMITY=CONFLICT)
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To: Red Badger

The USA has enough Natural Gas to last a millennium but a shortage of electricity. And these morons want to increase the load on the electric grid.

I would NEVER buy an all electric home. When the power goes out, you got nothing. They want us to go back to the Stone Age. But at least caves had climate control. In the winter, the further back you go, the warmer it gets. In the summer, the further back you go, the cooler it gets.

That’s emission free heating and cooling.

Flintstones. Meet the Flintstones.


17 posted on 09/06/2019 11:27:16 AM PDT by P-Marlowe (Freep mail me if you want to be on my Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar Ping List)
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To: PGR88
Save your breath. They choose truth over facts!.....................🤔
18 posted on 09/06/2019 11:28:04 AM PDT by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain......................)
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To: Red Badger

Yeah, I recommend they go back to burning wood.


19 posted on 09/06/2019 11:28:25 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (This space for rent.)
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To: ClayinVA
Where do they think their power comes from?

Rainbows and unicorn farts.

20 posted on 09/06/2019 11:29:42 AM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation has ended!)
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