Before committing to a pellet stove, look at the environmental impact that processing the pellets has. Worse than just harvesting the trees and using the scraps to burn. When I used wood for heat, we bought several cords worth of blanks (IIRC). The parts of the tree that could not be used for lumber.
We call those mill ends, or slab wood. Most of the larger mills sell their waste off for bio mass or in the case of the hardwood mill up the road, sell their scraps and dust to a company that makes pellets. We used to get their slab wood for free and they were happy to be rid of it. Back to killing trees to heat the house.
Unfortunately not.
Get ready for a fight... 1.5x value is optimistic at best. You'll be best off doing your own research to find fair value, ie getting an appraisal done/contacting a property advisor to give you an estimate. Best case scenario, is the land is still yours but they get a right of way added. Which isn't terrible. That happened to my parents with a high power transmission line that now goes through their meadow.
I'm hoping a fight won't be necessary. I support building the infrastructure to transport renewable energy. The proposed route is sort of ideal in regards to my own property also- not cutting right through the middle of prime acreage. An easement and fair compensation is what I'd like. It may not intrude onto my property at all, which would also be fine.
One of my now deceased neighbors worked as a pole inspector for Central Maine Power and actually got that deal. I remember going over in cool weather and the electric range would be on with the oven door open, lol. His real passion was narrow gauge rail though, and he was instrumental in restoring several steam locomotives, cars, and a length of abandoned rail.
The deal should be over the life of the property, not the owner. Even so, if they don't give you the deal, you can take it -- with a big induction coil.
I'll know a lot more of the details after the public meeting with the LSPower representatives on the 20th.
In other news, Mercedes is the latest manufacturer to announce it's adopting NACS for N. America:
Mercedes-Benz picks Tesla's charging standard for North America EVs from 2025
German automaker Mercedes-Benz said on Friday its electric vehicles in North America will adopt the Tesla-developed charging technology from 2025 and also get access to more than 12,000 of its Superchargers from next year.www.reuters.com
I mean to each their own. Gives this generation a little more character but still very understated. Not even close to the type r...
That's a 20th Anniversary version, right? The spoiler looks much more subtle on the VW site: I think the angle and black makes it look bigger than it is.Volvo C40 is gone. Wife was able to turn in for literally 0. No disposition fee, literally 0.
Aaaaaaand 2023 Black Golf R 20th Edition 6speed is purchased, just waiting for registration / delivery which should be by wednesday the latest.
That would have been nice but no..They're still entering dealerships and out the doors just as fast
The over 300 mile number is the single motor. The US spec dual motor is going from 260 epa combined to 272 epa combined and that's mostly from going from a 78kwh pack to a 82kwh pack
Yep the 20th. I feel like the pictures make the spoiler look larger than in person. Like it's noticeable, but not really. All I can say is wife is absolutely thrilled she was hoping it wasn't a "dont meet your heroes" moment. But it wasn't the test drive she did once paperwork was locked in didn't disappoint even a little bit. She tends to be a very level person, like not much gets her visibly shaken, and she is very hard to impress and well she was pretty much gritty, euphoric even, and down right PUMPED, almost couldn't contain herself after the test drive.
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Looks like a good time! Did you run the 5k or the 15k?
The 15k. Not proud of my time this year, but I finished. My wife and 13 year old daughter (longest run for her ever) both beat me by over 16 minutes.
). My dad used to go with us and watch our daughter while we ran. In 2020 it got cancelled because of COVID. My dad's health started to decline around that time so in 2021 and 2022 he stayed home and she and I ran the 5k while my wife ran the 15k. This year we were all able to do the 15k. It's a fun, really well organized race (I think this was the 47th year) and it ends at a brewery.