When remodeling we ripped our furnace out entirely. Just have a ductless mini split now.

The space savings was great for us too. We were.able to reconfigure and get a whole new little office room.

just past the Eleanor Lake Trailhead along the road

Nah go to Vancouver

That is true based on the number of red and blue counties, but not based on population. Though most counties may be “red” the majority of the population tends to vote “blue”. King county has enough blue votes to often control close state wide races. So in general WA is currently a safe blue state for statewide races and the presidential election.

Of course, there are exceptions. And a non-Trump, moderate Republican with a proven track record has a shot if they can get through the primaries.

I miss the Evans and Spellman days of the Republican Party. But they would never get the nomination today.

This happens every first few snow storms of the year. People drive like morons and trucks don't chain up. Wsdot generally does a good job but I watched the snoqualmie webcam the other day and they had several inches on the freeway at the pass and only had traction tires advised... its early snow for sure but drivers/wsdot need to be prepared, we have amazing forecasting at the tip of our fingers so it's not like this isn't unexpected

First of all that’s not even true

And second, land doesn’t vote. Most people live in the Seattle metro

Already?! This doesn't bode well.

thank you so much! im very excited! we just bought the house and the furnace vent runs vertically through our closet, and is so inefficient if we vented out the side of the house we'd get CO2 buildups lol.. the heat pump just solves so many of our problems (and will feel so blessed to have AC next summer)

Congrats! 100% heat pump is the way to go! Modern ones don’t need supplemental gas heat, they’re rated and effective to very low temps. Also, ac in the summer is pretty sweet!

Baker Lake Road and Cascade River Road have some views that are accessible to a larger camera crew, with short side roads to USFS camps.

Thunder Creek Trail from campground to bridge.

Baker River trail and foot bridge over Baker River.

Deception Pass of course.

South Skagit Highway, and other roads on the South side of the Skagit from Woolley to Marblemount.

That warranty's worth about the paper it's printed on. If they hold up - great. If they don't - the company goes bankrupt from warranty claims. They win either way.

>I bought mine 6 months ago, with no delay in promised delivery date.

You bought panels that were in stock, great. Most companies stop selling when they don't have in-stock panels because the lead times are too unpredictable to take pre-orders.

>And I don't know what you mean by "look at how that's working out" in California. California's power costs are about triple those of Washington's, so the typical payback period of home solar is only about 6 or 7 years. You'd be stupid not to buy a house with solar in California.

The problem is where it's required. Bill Maher made national news when he made it public he'd been waiting for over 3 years for his solar installation to be approved. If his house had been a new build that required solar to be occupied, it would've been sitting vacant for over 3 years.

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The long and short of it is that they are just better than standard heating. You can get more than 100W of heat per 100W of electricity.

Go anyway to have a look at the river, it's cool to see it running high, and if you come to a flooded area go check out Rattlesnake Lake down the road, Little Si, or the Tiger Mountain area.

Washington state is known for getting so very cold, this will be a real problem that will make heat pumps not a viable solution.

You know they can control your gas from the internet right ? All these years they have been installing new meters and street pumps..what do you think that does? So that point isn't necessarily correct

>Current solar panels have a useful lifespan of around 20 years, after which they're hazardous waste.

This is untrue. The SilFab panels (made in Bellingham, by the way) I just put on my roof are guaranteed to maintain 97% of their efficiency for 30 years. They don't become waste after that point, their efficiency just slowly drops off. They'll likely still be pumping out plenty of power for decades longer.

As for your claim that there's a shortage of raw materials, I bought mine 6 months ago, with no delay in promised delivery date. And I don't know what you mean by "look at how that's working out" in California. California's power costs are about triple those of Washington's, so the typical payback period of home solar is only about 6 or 7 years. You'd be stupid not to buy a house with solar in California.

Wait a few days before you start panicking.

Yeah, but with utility scale solar the consumer is still buying the power at market rates from the utility. If you own the panels on your roof your utility pays you for the power you feed into the grid. You can come close to zeroing out your electic bill.

You don’t get to make that choice for everyone.

neat, getting a quote for one at the end of the month. question for folks with one, are you running one with a backup furnace? our furnace is like 30 years old, so ideally we'll just be 100% heat pump.

The technology is constantly improving. My company has started installing heat pumps that are effective well below zero.

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I know. Is there a point?

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Individual freedom at all costs.

Sounds like they are about right.