“Bad economics required the DOE furnace mandate in the first place: replacing gas furnaces are much cheaper than a new electric heating refit even with a longer-term, back-end savings. Why? Because consumers, given the choice, chose gas.” The mandatory energy efficiency movement (conservationism vs. market conservation) arose alongside oil and natural gas shortages in the … Continue reading Gas Furnaces vs. DOE’s EERE (Trump trumps Obama, but Biden is Next)