Episode 1405
No gas heat in California + New Classic F250 Ford Trucks + Hurricane Prep
We talk about new natural gas regulations coming to homeowners in California. This could also grow outside of that state. We talk about the hurricane headed to Florida and the New "OLD" F-250 Trucks they are making in Florida that look like the old early 1970's trucks. All this and more in this weeks mid-week special show!
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Transcript
[00:00:23] Intro: this is around the house.
[:[00:00:46] Eric Goranson: And if you're on your desktop, maybe you're using iTunes, make sure you do that. Uh, follow, subscribe, all that stuff. So you can see every time we come up with an update here on the. Now, today I wanted to talk about a few [00:01:00] things. Uh, first off, all you people in Florida, Georgia, down in the south, be very careful this week.
[:[00:01:28] Eric Goranson: So make sure that you've got all the supplies you need if you're in a place where you can ride it out. Got plenty of water and food and uh, ways to communicate. And then if you are gonna be home and riding out, make sure you've got a plan for getting that water away. Cuz if it's not the wind that does it, the water will.
[:[00:02:04] Eric Goranson: But, uh, stay tuned and if you've got any information that you want to get out or if you've got questions. On what to do. Feel free to message me over at around the house online.com and I'll be monitoring that and I will try to give you as best information as I can and as quickly as I can. Uh, and if you can't get over to that, no problem.
[:[00:02:45] Eric Goranson: You know, they don't have enough power in the summertime to run electric air conditioners and charge people's cars at the same time. We've seen the power warnings where they said, Hey, we need to cut back on utility usage. [00:03:00] Now they're doubling down on that. They are going to make it now and. And their ongoing effort for a cleaner air in California, as they put it, they're going to, uh, try to slash ozone pollution even more.
[:[00:03:41] Eric Goranson: You can have, so that uses a ton of electricity. The only way to get around that is to go with a heat pump water heater. But as they currently stand, there is no way their electrical grid can support all new cars by [00:04:00] 2035 to be electric. All homes to be running. You know, when you replace that, you were gonna have to put in a brand new electric unit or a heat pump.
[:[00:04:36] Eric Goranson: Maybe grandmas just ride it out and their furnace quits. They're gonna have to go into a massive change. Now hear me out. Here's what I'm worried about. My house was built in 1977 when I had my electrical panel swapped out. They had to move it to get it up to. All those things [00:05:00] that would've cost in today's work, about seven grand from the company.
[:[00:05:45] Eric Goranson: Can't tell you how many of those I've run into. So these new. Regulations that are coming out are gonna be really dependent. They're gonna lean heavy and cost these lower income people a [00:06:00] lot of money. Do I see any funding coming for this? Uh, as far as I've seen, it is not addressed. So I think this is where we're gonna see some issues and I think that's where this is gonna get really expensive as well, because there's only two ways this is gonna happen.
[:[00:06:49] Eric Goranson: I don't see them putting in, i, I, I can't see them putting in, in the next 10 years enough solar panels and wind energy to be able to do this. Now, [00:07:00] if they started building a nuclear reactor today, or multiple nuclear reactors today, I don't think that they could get caught up. Cuz not only do they have to go build out these power stations, they've gotta get that out to the neighborhood.
[:[00:07:44] Eric Goranson: Uh, that is very unfortunate and I hope that, uh, maybe some common sense will come back to this because, uh, we don't talk politics here much. But, uh, I tell you what, this is gonna get really expensive for Californians. Either way you do it. And I mean, I, I want a cleaner [00:08:00] earth here around us, no problem. But I think when we sit here and put this much speed into it and that little of planning, it's gonna get expensive now.
[:[00:08:29] Eric Goranson: They haven't fixed it yet. Do I see them fixing in another 10 years? Not at the speed they do stuff. So that's gonna be something let's keep an eye on. I think we're gonna see some bigger issues there, especially when we start putting the load of electric heat in the wintertime and electric cars charging and they don't need that much heat.
[:[00:09:38] Eric Goranson: That they're pushing their electrical grid so much that they're actually gonna be causing more pollution when that electricity comes off. So that means that they're gonna have some bigger problems when the power goes out. Now guess what? If you've got no natural gas going, and they're in, by the way, they just discontinued the [00:10:00] subsidies to put natural gas into neighborhoods and the new neighborhoods in California.
[:[00:10:32] Eric Goranson: And one of the kinda. Ridiculous comments from the California Air Resource Board is they're talking about the chemicals and the stuff that comes out from natural gas leaks inside the home. I'm sorry, that is the leash to your worries inside the home. If you've got a natural gas leak, you've got a natural gas leak, but generally what's coming outta there is not the problem with the gas company.
[:[00:11:21] Eric Goranson: So one of those things that I think that we gotta be really careful with. I don't want anybody getting sick off of anything. What little you get is really gonna be from not using that hood. Now if you've got a leak in the house, cuz you don't have something fine tuned, that's a whole other story. But that's generally rare.
[:[00:12:03] Eric Goranson: They can tell just little micro leaks to make sure you get it dialed in. Now, for any of you still in California that love to barbecue, you should be expecting those barbecue bands to be coming if they're gonna be diving into this, this deep. Expect that gas, barbecue, even the pellet, any of that stuff. I see that coming next you'll probably be allowed only to electric barbecues.
[:[00:12:49] Eric Goranson: So be careful these bands could be coming to a state near you. All right, now I do have one more tip I wanna give out to people out there. We're kind of [00:13:00] getting to that fall time of year here, so I mean, technically we're in fall even though hurricane season's going and everything else is happen. Here's what I'd like you to do.
[:[00:13:31] Eric Goranson: I highly recommend you do it now. Right now it's kind of that time of year where you can get some reasonable prices on service. They're not trying to put in all the air conditioners. They're not, People aren't thinking heaters. It's kind of a little bit of that off season. They're still busy, but I want you to make sure and get that thing serviced.
[:[00:14:11] Eric Goranson: Maybe they're gonna recommend, you know, a, a new filter. Maybe they're gonna recommend some cleaning. Maybe you need a few new parts. I would much rather have it where they come out and say, Hey, you got this. It's gonna leave you hanging in this winter. Let's get it taken care of. Versus you on Thanksgiving night, having to sit there and pay an extra 3, 4, 500 bucks for a service call because your house is 45 degrees, and you should have had that done sooner.
[:[00:14:52] Eric Goranson: And if you're in an area where the, where you're using the AC heavy and you're using the heat heavy, maybe twice a year is something you [00:15:00] need to have done. Where somebody's looking at. Air conditioning one time, and of course the heater the next. So make sure you've got that dialed in. Now. I saw something on the news this morning that, uh, really got me going and I love this super positive here, guys.
[:[00:15:38] Eric Goranson: They are taking an old F for, you know, Ford F two 50 truck, completely rebuilding it and making it into a new vehicle for you. So they start out with a Roadster shop, RS four frame. They put in brand new for. You know, suspension, 18 [00:16:00] inch wheels, five liter coyote v8, automatic overdrive transmission, custom stainless exhaust, stainless fuel tank.
[:[00:16:45] Eric Goranson: You get the two-tone paint, it looks like a classic. and it's beautiful. So something to be said about this, it's super cool. They're taking orders for 'em now, and, uh, they're taking that [00:17:00] vintage truck and rebuilding it for you. Now, this is not for the faint of heart signature series. Base model is 285,000.
[:[00:17:33] Eric Goranson: Florida, Georgia. Stay safe down there. Guys. I just wanna make sure that you guys are staying safe and uh, of course, like I said, make sure and contact me if you have any questions. Twitter, around the house online. I'll get back to you as soon as you can on emergency repairs, things like. I'll do my best to be here for you, and we got a great show coming up on Saturday.
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