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Drought down despite rising temps
by the Journal-Opinion
Home heating costs to rise
“Americans who use heating oil to warm their homes are likely to face a sharp spike in utility costs this winter as the Iran war drives up global energy prices, according to a new forecast,” reports CBS News.
That report is produced by the National Energy Assistance Directors Association, an organization that advocates for LIHEAP.
The group projects a 31.3% increase in home heating oil costs this winter in the Northeast. It projects an 8.7% increase in propane costs and a 12.5% increase in electricity costs.
There are some silver linings.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration says the natural gas inventories heading into the winter are the highest in a decade.
And some preliminary winter weather forecasts anticipate warmer weather in the Northeast. But …
“While an El Niño weather pattern is expected to bring a relatively warm winter across the nation, the higher prices will quickly cut through any savings,” reports WCVB-TV in Boston.
Study: Drought has decreased in Northeast
A Dartmouth study has found “less intense and less frequent” droughts in the Northeast over the last century. This comes despite warming temperatures.
“In the Northeast, we have warming temperatures, which means we lose more water from the surface, but we have also had increasing precipitation,” said lead author Jonathan Winter. “It’s a tug-of-war between how fast precipitation is increasing and how fast evapotranspiration — the loss of water from plants and soils — is increasing.”
The study assessed changes in monthly drought from 1901-2022 in 12 Northeastern states and Washington, D.C.
“The findings show that across all months, drought was 59% less frequent and 19% less intense from 1984 to 2022 as compared to 1901 to 1983.”
It was only a year ago that parts of Northern New England endured “extreme drought” conditions. And while rainfall and winter precipitation have since alleviated the aridity, dry conditions still persist, according to New Hampshire Bulletin.
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The wood pile in my yard now is looking like a pile of gold. Comment from Richard Day.
Would rather pay a little more now for home heating than have the heat of a nuclear blast from a rogue terrorist nation. That heat has no temperature dial.
Yeah, I remember when Bush Jr. warned us of Saddam’s “mushroom cloud.” Those were the days. Still waiting to find those WMDs . . .
The increased cost of oil will likely raise the cost of firewood as well, as the harvesting, processing and delivery of firewood is diesel and gasoline intensive.
Not so much for those of us who harvest, cut, split and stack our own firewood from our property.
It may be painful (though not as painful as nuclear exchange as noted above) but remember: Democrats want the price of oil even higher, they just want to do it with taxes which they can then spend.
Current prices could go down as the crisis resolves – taxes never come down.
No they don’t lol. The price in never going to come down because the most stable Genius showed Iran what leverage they have by closing the Strait. Every day more Republicans are coming out to call for an end to the Epstein war
Thanks Chris, I didnt know that the war was about Epstein. LOL
Trump said back in March –March!– that the war was “very complete.” Here we are going into October. If you think this is going to “resolve” any time soon, all I can say is keep drinking the Kool-Aid.
Knowing about the processing and transportation cost of fire wood, that pile of fire wood in my yard will last me three years. Comment from Richard Day.
Have your heating systems serviced for maximum efficiency by someone you trust.
Diesel, heating oil, and jet fuel are affected by declining diesel refining capacity, which is the result of Europe’s demon proxy gremlin droning Russian diesel refineries.
So if you’re upset about the increased cost of heating your home, thank the NPC’s who are now, or have ever, flown their virtue-signaling Ukraine flags.
Isn’t it interesting how refineries are blowing up all over the place, even going offline in places that are not war zones (see California, Joliet in the Midwest, Australia’s reduction of refinery capacity, etc.). Just like we’ve seen food processing facilities going up in flames all over the place these past few years. Almost as if “they” are intentionally destroying food and energy before the Agenda 2030 deadline.