Nitrogen Dioxide

As for the leasing of equipment, between Eversource and the leasing company, the economic benefit left over for the consumer is negligible, hardly worth the bother.  The big companies always make sure they get the pig's portion of the benefit.

Originally posted by offgrid   Id put one in tomorrow except that I heat with wood. Costs me nothing except a ton of labor felling, bucking, splitting, stacking, and managing the woodstove  (and some chains for the chainsaw). So I'm going to put off the new heat pump investment till I get too old to run away fast enough to keep the tree from falling on me. Hopefully I'll know that in advance....

Well said, fortunately we have a seemingly endless supply of wood in northern Michigan and thanks to the EAB, a lot of white ash trees are dead, but still standing, allowing it to 'cure' for instant burning once it is cut, carried off, dumped off trailer, split, stacked, unstacked and brought to the stove, and finally burned.  Also a lot of other wood as well, maple, beech, ironwood, birch, that oft times may be laying on the ground and at certain points of decomposition so those have to be cut up first before they become one with the earth again.  Regardless, kudos for you in using wood, a great way to keep away from doctors, hospitals, ect.  and keeping your body 'fit.'

Originally posted by lostagain Jato, this is getting pretty religious and political.  I don't question for a moment your sincerity in the opinions you hold, but they are opinions based on your deeply held beliefs.  Whether they conform to an objective assessment of the "intent" of the those who wrote our constitution is a matter for debate.  The same is true for Mr. Morris.  He was born in 1810 and by the time he reached 18 years of age, the founding fathers were long gone.  It is a certainty that he never spoke to any of them about what they intended.  His writings are opinions gleaned from what he believed they wanted, but that may not necessarily be the case.  It would not be surprising to find that his deeply and sincerely held religious beliefs affected the formation of his his opinions.  My readings about the formation of our constitution and my study and practice of law since 1973 have led me to different opinions about what our founders intended, but my opinions are just that: opinions, not facts.

I am glad you brought this point up.  I am not trying to be 'religious' or 'political' here as the beauty of this book is that the majority of this book is a compilation of historical written documents written by the original authors.  He gives thanks to the Librarians of the Young Men's Mercantile Library Association, the Mechanics' Institute Libraries of Cincinnati, the State Library of Ohio, the Historical and Astor Libraries of New York, the Mercantile Library and Library Association of Philadelphia, the Libraries of Congress, and of the Interior Department and Chief Clerk in the Department of State.  What Morris did here was take numerous written and recorded documents (many found in the Library of Congress), many times without comment and put them together in a readable form.

Jato, I respect the strength and sincerity of your beliefs, but you just made my point.  Mr. Morris gave us his interpretation of the sources he consulted from libraries.  All are his opinions about what was in the mind of other people based upon his interpretation of what others had written about what the they thought were the intentions of the founding fathers.  In the legal business, we call that hearsay and speculation and it is not admissible evidence to prove a fact.  Probably some of the people who were involved in founding of our country shared your and Mr. Morris' views, but there were many who did not.  Many of the founders were aghast at the idea of any religion whatsoever being involved in any form in our governance.  We can cherry pick the evidence of the original writings of the "founders" and claim it supports any position we may advocate, but it would still only be our opinions.  I am not aware of one single actual "founder" who specifically wrote that his or her intent was x in writing some clause in the constitution.  And even if there was, it would prove nothing in regard to the intent of the other writers or founders, whomever they may be.  We can glean what we please from their writings, but there is simply no reliable first had evidence that all, or most, of the founders specifically agreed as you opine.  I think we have beaten this dead horse of religion and politics to death.  It is really a violation of the rules of the board in which we agree not to discuss religion or politics.