Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Becoming an ALL-ELECTRIC community

[Frederick Martin (fredrckm]

Hooray! $50K savings - *and* helping save the planet.
Jim, does your PowerPoint have useful bits in it for those of us
working on *transitioning
away *from gas?

For existing communities that already have gas infrastructure - there's
even work being done on converting existing gas pipes into networked
ground-source heat pumps:  https://heet.org/geogrid/

Frederick Martin (New View, Acton MA)

On Thu, Jul 7, 2022 at 2:18 PM Jim Bronson <jimbronsonashland [at] gmail.com>
wrote:

> This is so important for the planet and will save the community hugely.
>
> River Song (Eugene.OR) made the All-Electric decision 8 months before we
> got our construction loan and started the build.  Our utility provider told
> us we saved over $50,000 by not having to build fossil gas infrastructure.
> I would be glad to share the PowerPoint that helped the community consider
> the options and decide.  jimbronsonashland [at] gmail.com
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