The 2022 Energy Transformation Code, would require that all new homes and apartments be wired and ready for easy installation of electric water heaters, clothing dryers and ovens, starting in January. The ordinance also prohibits new decorative gas lighting, and requires that a subset of new commercial buildings — many of them warehouses — be designed with roofs capable of supporting the future installation of solar panels.
This is just another example of how some people think that electricity is magic. It has to be generated somewhere and wind and solar are not going to cut it. So just how is the grid supposed to support all of this extra demand? And where will the electricity come from?
Electricity just comes out of the wall, water out of the faucet. Supporting infrastructure is just some racist mumbojumbo from the Man. Much like the hair brain idea to pump water from the Mississippi River to the Colorado river basin to fill Lake Mead! It’s as simple as building a road.
Freddy
3 years ago
The Electric Chair will make a comeback.
Platinum Goose
3 years ago
I’m sure the union electricians love this ordinance. That’s several thousand dollars in labor per unit. In addition the cost of copper wire is pretty pricey for those type of appliances.
Streeterville
3 years ago
But totally ignoring fact that “electric” means fuel still is burned elsewhere to generate that electrical energy service. Stupid is as stupid does.
Don’t point out the obvious, you only encourage them to think outside the box where they’ll think of something far worse. Stair stepping power generation. Old hand cranks!
Lion's Choice
3 years ago
Electric stoves far inferior to gas for cooking.
87Saluki
3 years ago
Government again choosing winners and losers. What could go wrong?
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
This is just another example of how some people think that electricity is magic. It has to be generated somewhere and wind and solar are not going to cut it. So just how is the grid supposed to support all of this extra demand? And where will the electricity come from?
Electricity just comes out of the wall, water out of the faucet. Supporting infrastructure is just some racist mumbojumbo from the Man. Much like the hair brain idea to pump water from the Mississippi River to the Colorado river basin to fill Lake Mead! It’s as simple as building a road.
The Electric Chair will make a comeback.
I’m sure the union electricians love this ordinance. That’s several thousand dollars in labor per unit. In addition the cost of copper wire is pretty pricey for those type of appliances.
But totally ignoring fact that “electric” means fuel still is burned elsewhere to generate that electrical energy service. Stupid is as stupid does.
Don’t point out the obvious, you only encourage them to think outside the box where they’ll think of something far worse. Stair stepping power generation. Old hand cranks!
Electric stoves far inferior to gas for cooking.
Government again choosing winners and losers. What could go wrong?
Government at all levels have a very poor track record in picking winners in the marketplace.
COAL POWERED APPLIANCES!
“electric water heaters, clothing dryers and ovens”
Let’s not forget coal powered electric cars. Illinois will be turning the power off randomly like a Third World country at some point.