[New post] Power Up

Livia Gershon posted: "Livia Gershon | Longreads | November 2019 | 7 minutes (1,863 words) My family's natural gas-fired furnace is 23 years old. That's aged; the average lifespan of a system like ours is 15 to 20 years. I live in New Hampshire, which gets awfully cold in the " New post on Longreads Power Up by Livia Gershon Livia Gershon | Longreads | November 2019 | 7 minutes (1,863 words) My family's natural gas-fired furnace is 23 years old. That's aged; the average lifespan of a system like ours is 15 to 20 years. I live in New Hampshire, which gets awfully cold in the winter and, every October, I wonder whether we'll make it to March. If the furnace fails this year and we replace it with another one like it, we're committing to burning fossil fuels until about 2042. If my household switches to electricity, which is better for the environment than what we've got, our gas bills will nearly double, to around $2,800 every year. Recently, I called Bill Wenzel, who owns a geothermal heating business the next town over from me. Read more of this post Livia Gershon | November 12, 2019 at 6:00 am | Tags: climate change, environment, politics, united states | Categories: Current Events, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story, Uncategorized, Writing | URL: https://wp.me/p4KhvY-yEj Like Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Longreads. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://longreads.com/2019/11/12/power-up/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com