The boot of......reading comprehension? Informed opinions?

Just for clarity, the reason for the requested increase to rates is increased infrastructure investment, not the cost of the gas itself. The main driver is their replacement program for what they identify as "Leak Prone Pipe", as the requested new weld shop - which may have brought long-term savings - has since been removed.

Whether LPP really needs to be replaced, or if their definition of "leak prone" needs to be revised, or if their replacement schedule is too aggressive, or whatever is well beyond my expertise, but this isn't quite as clear-cut as "RIE wants to make 3% more profit so they're raising prices 3%".

Totally fair, I appreciate the extra detail!

Sounds like you know better than me

Looks like $3.99 and up: https://www.bjs.com/category/seasonal-home/st.-patrick-s-day/3000000000000236988

Broadly speaking, flat is better. More meat, more tender, less fat.

Sweet, thank you, will plagiarize your work and add it to the OP

Good point, I didn't consider that aspect. So then my idea is 100% perfect.

Alternatively, buy yourself a tow truck and make your own luck

For sure.

I am also curious to learn more about actual effects

Edit: after sifting through the overwhelming majority of news stories about new bans being discussed/enacted, here's one with some follow-up: https://commonwealthmagazine.org/health/nip-ban-having-an-impact-in-chelsea/

> In the year since the city banned sale of the tiny 50-ml bottles of hard liquor, public drunkenness has diminished, alcohol-related ambulance responses are way down, and there has been a reduction in the number of people taken into protective custody for alcohol intoxication.

[...]

> the police department has taken only 86 individuals into protective custody for alcohol consumption so far this year, putting the city on track to record a notable decrease from the 222 for all of last year.

The article also notes liquor stores have started enforcing do-not-sell lists to problematic individuals, which the stores are claiming as the reason for the reduction and not the nip ban itself.

Sure, but also, drinking more while driving isn't a good thing.

Isn't the whole idea destroying the evidence? Take your shot, toss it, then you don't have any incriminating open containers in your car. Drinking a fifth, they either have to chug it and toss it, or be driving around with incriminating evidence.

Obviously, the right answer is "don't drink and drive", but I'm assuming that ship has kinda already sailed for many people.

Lol sure bub

Surely you saw the question mark at the end of my comment...it was an invitation to share your actual opinion.

I'm not sure why you think making wild assumptions about me is a better way to have a discussion than simply clarifying whatever point you're trying to make.

So your opinion is........children don't deserve counseling, and no one should attempt to identify abuse?

Did you forget that psychologists are doctors too? As the article says, they were doctors at Lifespan’s Lawrence Aubin Center, which is dedicated to child protection and psychological well-being.

https://www.lifespan.org/centers-services/lawrence-aubin-sr-child-protection-center

Got it. Thank you!

No, you're right, I misread. I thought it was saying it's 10% renewable, which is the state minimum, but that's clearly incorrect.

Renewables should theoretically have lower generation costs which would enable lower pricing, but then that doesn't square with the higher % renewable options being more expensive.

We can expect snow on the trails regardless, right? Like there's snowpack all winter, just a matter of how fluffy it is based on how recently there's been more accumulation?

> (and you're automatically opted in to it? Is that correct, the wording in article makes it seem that way)

Yes, that's how the "supplier of last resort" works; that's who supplies power to anyone who hasn't specifically chosen a provider.

> and then prices revert to the market rate

To be clear, it will be adjusted according to the energy market (like happens now with RIE), not set to equal the market rate or any other supplier.

> the electric option you've been opted into has a higher % of energy produced by renewables compared to RI Energy

The default supply is the state minimum % renewable; that can't be higher than RIE % renewable. edit: I misread, this is incorrect

> then couldn't you assume your bill after November will actually end up being higher then what you paid previously to RI Energy?

No, you can assume it will be cheaper, since a non-profit-taking entity (PVD Community Electricity) is replacing a profit-taking entity (RIE) in the process.

They will be adjusted according to market pricing and projections.

Cutting out one profit-making link in the chain is a good step forward, but it still doesn't affect the global energy market that we're all stuck in.

Real change will come from us surging toward our renewable energy goals...don't have to worry about what a war in Eastern Europe (and corporations using it as an excuse to make record profits) will do to global natural gas pricing when our wind turbines will keep spinning regardless.

Like the oxide heating packs? Why? It's going to be so warm.

Gotcha, that snowpack is just what I was wondering about. Thanks!

>We have a couple of storms going on in the next few days

Is that snow unlikely to melt in the following week of sun and ~40°?