We’re called Massholes for a reason.

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I’m not sure why we keep separating drivers by state. I’ve been up and down the east coast and driving is the same everywhere; hectic.

Way to avoid the facts.

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I always tell everyone Rhode Island actually has the worst drivers in the country but no one believes me. They SUCK

Hahaha hit the nail on the head. The days and days of rain aren’t helping either.

In other words, business as usual.

Oh you know... Just a row of accidents along both shoulders of the highway and watching people cut each other off more than 5 consecutive times within the same minute. 😃👍👍👍👍

Always nice to be told to spend 10x the current rate on something that’s needed to not freeze to death by government bureaucrats. Anyone seen the electric bill from grid or eversource recently? Maybe we should focus on more municipal power companies and getting current rates down before we jam the most expensive way of heating down the throats of the state, which the majority cannot afford to pay for this. A large portion of people making good money can’t even afford to buy a home to heat nevermind spend 10x on heating.

Not everyone knows everything

Oh, come on. You want to tell us your story. Who peed in your cereal?

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I think you're looking for r/RhodeIsland

Because we are inconsiderate pieces of shit

Who is "Energy Need Network" (OP)?

Because it's winter and we all have death wishes... or it's because fuck you it's Massachusetts and we are all sickos lol

Vitamin D deficiency gang

To answer the latter, it's winter and we all have seasonal depression.

>Having everyone change off of heating oil in the next 10 years

What problem do you think this will solve?

Yeah, it IS the new boogyman from the right. Alln they do it attack alternative energy because of their ties to oil companies. It's very well documented. Texas sure faired well from natural gas a couple winters ago, didn't they? And don't try to spew the right wing lies about it being due to wind energy. It was natural gas.

The transition to renewable energy sources will take time and money. They are planning large scale off shore wind farms.

I have a heat pump and an ev. Last month, I was only in town about 11 days, so I had my heat turned way down and didn't charge my car very much - in fact, I drove my gas car mostly those days since gasoline is cheaper than electric right now, and there was some time I used my oil boilers just to keep the pipes from freezing.

I used 1594 kWh and generated 520kWh from my solar, which annually produces 80% of my needs. If I were home and had the heat higher, and charged my car a little more I would have used nearly 2000kWh, producing only 25% of what I used in December. By the way, before my heat pump and EV, my home used an average of 354kWh in December, so my solar panels would have covered my use, and still had some left over for my EV.

In July, I on average would use 1192 kWh, and produce 1825kWh.

Having an EV doesn't "balance" the year, it actually makes winter electricity more expensive, when they need fossil fuels to generate the electricity that my solar panels aren't making in the winter, but my heat pump needs. More expensive winter electricity means less people getting heat pumps and EVs.

Insurance companies charge very differently state-by-state. Granted, some of that is based on the minimum required coverages, but some of that is based on probability of being in an accident. RI is one of the most expensive places to get car insurance. [cite]

It happened in NJ just over Christmas. But yea otherwise just a “boogeyman”.