Hot enough for ya?

Flame821 at Blondesense is taking an informal gas-price poll. And the inexorable rise in gas prices is just part of the fun! Here in the great state of Texas, rolling blackouts this week were a nice counterpoint to the freakishly hot weather.

The juice that does arrive costs more, too. One of my relatives paid several hundred dollars each month to heat her old South Texas home over the winter; at Easter her a/c was off and the windows were open. The temperature outside was more than 90 degrees F. My own parents, who have lived for years in an icebox of their own making, have gradually trained themselves to be as comfortable indoors at 80 degrees as they were last year at 74.

And me? I'm biding my time until the solar inspector arrives. Once we get the okay, the PV system comes online. Looks like it will be next week. It's like waiting for nerd Christmas.