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Re:New York City bans natural gas in new buildings by vidarh on Sunday December 26, 2021 @07:23AM (#29691855)
Many places the reliability of power is good enough that we're prepared to handle that by going to a hotel. It's been decades since I experienced more than a couple of minutes without power.

Meanwhile I've had gas boilers fail twice and had to resort to electric heaters while waiting for repairs.

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Re:New York City bans natural gas in new buildings by newsclues on Monday December 27, 2021 @08:32AM (#29702353)
I live in Canada.

Snow and ice storms are a reality that make self sufficiency highly desirable.

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Re:New York City bans natural gas in new buildings by vidarh on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @03:24AM (#29711642)
I grew up in Norway. Snow and storms were insufficient to give most people a reason to worry. Some homes will have a fireplace or wood fired stove as a last resort, but it's more and more rare. In rural areas having a fallback is slightly more common.

So I stand by what I said: Many places the power reliability is high enough. A long outage in Norway would be treated as a major national emergency.

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