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The Vermonter to Montreal would be life changing. The idea of zipping to Waterbury for an early morning train up to the city, and grabbing an after dinner return ride would be INCREDIBLE.

You are right, I was thinking of the electric resistance heating. Thanks for the clarification.

We lived in an apartment that had the electric baseboard heat. For our tiny apartment, we regularly got $250+ electric bills in the winter. There was a lot wrong in that apartment though, including single pane windows.

😂😂😂 bro I work at a family owned place in a ski town. We do more than just pizza too. I wouldn’t be at the same place for so long as a server if the money and staff and food weren’t good

We should hold this kind of empathy and look at the root causes of things for all crime and issues in our society. That said, she still did wrong and that should be addressed in some way. But destroying her life with jail time and heavy fines seems way over the top. Especially in a country where mega corporations and finance firms get away with insane financial crimes daily. The rich constantly cheat on their taxes and simultaneously make sure we don’t have the resources to properly investigate them. This lady and her few thousand dollars are nothing.

I'll follow up with that this was 10+ years ago, their polices may well have changed since then. We just happened to be there on a slow day and I had no idea at the time who the lady helping us was.

Yes, we all know pizza hut doesn't offer maple syrup.

That's not the real issue. Don't get lost in the sauce here. The real issue is Vermont pizza is so bad that Costco pizza blows it out of the water everytime.

Just curious — what type of air exchange system do you have? I’ve been exploring HRV/ERV options for my home. Seems like it’s typically done during the construction phase, and less common to retrofit an existing (build in 1996) house.

Brattleboro is extremely not on the way between Boston and Burlington, though.

What you want is Wayside Diner outside Montpelier. Kids dishes, traditional menu, homemade pies, basically the definition of family friendly, and it's been there for over 100 years.

I just saw it, but my point remains. It's bizarre that so many different cultures and backgrounds are mashed into one. And also it shows a huge bias in the data presentation. If it's all blue, than this infographic would look a lot bluer...

That line would be pretty hard to do from Killington to Woodstock. Barely enough room for route 4

It says right on the infographic why it wasn't broken down more.

K well as many people have said this isn’t a font, and the font used on many many fire engines is standard across the country. I can guarantee you will not get a helpful answer by callingVSP - and when you call the non emergency number you’re still talking to a dispatcher, just not a regional e911 dispatcher.

They got them toothed edges that are designed to cut as many layers of skin as possible in a short amount of time, a sharp tip to ensure maximum penetration, and an ergonomic grip to enhance functionality.

As a person who’s worked in the same pizza restaurant in vermont for almost 9 years, can confirm. You can literally create your own pizza and we don’t give a shit what you put on it, as long as it’s on the menu. We do not offer maple syrup as an option.

It's not a certified passive house, but Vermod makes a modular style home that can be customized to look more architectural. They're very affordable and there are multiple programs making them more accessible to people of limited income with grants and special rates.

Ecocor, in Maine, also sells a number of prefab panelized passive homes that can cut out some design/labor costs.

Everyone says it's expensive to build a house in VT because of costs or labor, but...

A super-insulated mechanically ventilated home is much more feasible to operate under it's own power, from PV and Batteries.

In the next 30 years, it's probably going to become much more obvious that a home must continue to remain habitable on a 105 degree day under it's own power, even when the grid fails.

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Even focusing on the financial aspect beyond home safety, a lot of cursory financial analysis is somewhat flawed.

A mortgage is likely a fixed expense, paying down equity, at an interest rate near inflation, without being subject to inflation.

A performant home has equity. But there is no point, without chopping a lot of wood, where a traditional home heating supply is paid for. Home owners can't sell electricity they consumed over the years along with their home. They can't take out a mortgage to refinance high interest loans against home heating/cooling costs they paid. So owned equity verses a consumed commodity is completely different.

Second, it's a fixed cost at interest near inflation. So if someone built a home with better thermal performance, at no point in the next 30 years would they see their mortgage rates jump 50% in a year because of inflation or a war. If inflation wasn't transitory, they would not only not be harmed, they'd benefit from a lower effective payment. If there were new players in the energy market driving prices higher, they wouldn't be exposed.

So anyone who would say that a Passive House is not cost effective today, is implicitly saying they know with as much certainty as a mortgage contract what inflation and energy markets will be for the next 30 years.

Germany has built so much living space to Passive House spec that the cost has actually dropped lower than traditional housing, and they're still having energy problems at a regional level.

I’d say that “Vermont Style” is a catchy term and an excuse to make a pizza with apples and maple syrup and whatever meat they wanna use

I am originally from VT and have relatives that produce Maple syrup. Once opened keep refrigerated.

I feared the potential liability of having an oil tank in the house. I read that if it leaks you are responsible for environmental cleanup both inside and outside and the cost would far out spend the cost of preemptively replacing the system so that's why I went ahead and got hat done immediately. Turns out I also needed a new roof, all new windows and doors and a new bath fitter immediately as well. 🤷‍♂️ Hopefully this house will give me a break soon!

There are multiple corroborated instances of her falsifying time cards. This shows a pattern not someone being "overwhelmed". Another interesting case of Rama coming out swinging for criminals. Rama thinks its ok to commit fraud but not ok to defend your family, life, and property.

I have a friend who used three electric heaters in their house as an main source of heat for three weeks and their electric bill was ≈$650

I rented and lived in VT a year ago and made 36 k a year and never felt like I couldn’t pay my bills.

Thanks for your response.

Ours has an auxiliary heating coil for colder temps.

It was bitter cold in December but the electric bill was manageable. But also we’ll see what the Jan and Feb cost us. So, so far I’m a fan. I know, people are saying it will be broken and no parts available in 2 years. We’ll see.