Homeowners, which of these consumes more energy in your house: space heating or water heating? Either way, Uncle Sam is ready to help you pay for some energy-efficient upgrades.

The Inflation Reduction Act, signed into law by President Biden a year ago, created two energy-efficiency rebate programs that could pay some, or even all, of the costs of buying Energy Star-rated appliances, adding insulation or otherwise making your home more efficient.

The rub: States will administer the programs, and each one must apply for its share of the $8.8 billion in federal funds earmarked for the rebates. And some states may opt out.

One state has already indicated it probably won’t participate. Lawmakers in Tallahassee voted to apply for Florida’s allocation — which, at roughly $346 million, is the third-largest in the country, behind California and Texas. But Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed the measure as “woke.” The DoE has not been officially notified, so DeSantis could still change his mind.

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See, you’re thinking about this from the point of view of a rational person. The type of person who reads an article in a science journal and goes “oh, that’s interesting”.

You’re dealing with people who think that microchips can go into a liquid vaccine, that Jews are setting America on fire with space lasers, and that Dems eat babies. You’re not dealing with normal people.

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It’s the normal people that worry me more than the crazy fringe. Extremists come to power with the implicit consent of the political middle. Frankly, I see a centrist as a bigger threat (and opportunity to change a mind) than an anti-woke nutjob.

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I had always assumed the microchip thing was silly just because of the scale issue. Totally forgot that vaccines have water in them, because of course they do, we are like 80% water anyway, a little more wont hurt us.

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