As we do our silly Chicago tradition of dyeing the river a violent shade of green, I think it's a good time to remind people that our ancestors *reversed the flow of the river* to provide safe drinking water from Lake Michigan and earlier, in the 1860's, *lifted the entire city* to improve drainage and public health.
Remember that any time someone says heat pumps and renewable energy are hard.
@ezarowny @TechConnectify wait are people arguing that? I’ve definitely heard the (much more reasonable) argument that mandating electrification without infrastructure investment will cause major problems for a grid that’s already overtaxed in many places.
People who think we can’t possibly build that are silly.
@ezarowny @calcifer There are also a ton of people who just don't believe we can walk and chew gum at the same time.
I don't typically feel the need to say "we will need to build up the grid" when I discuss electrifying all the things because to me that's an obvious statement and it's also something *that is in fact happening* if not in the research realm in the action realm.
But a lot of folks either use that as a gotcha in arguments for electrifying or legit don't think we're working on it.
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