Because people have real lives. The debate about whether to take action is
only time well spent if the action is actually allowed.

On Tue, Mar 15, 2022 at 7:25 PM Richard Panetta <[email protected]>
wrote:

> So Trish , we not study the options THEN ask the State. Why put the cart
> before the horse? Why does it need to be done now? Why do we need to pass
> the “option”  before we know what’s in it?
>
> And sorry I work during the day and can’t attend the meeting.
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 15, 2022 at 7:21 PM Trish O'Hagan <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Dear Pat
>> Thanks so much for your interest in this Citizen's petition. Hopefully
>> you can join us on Thursday 3/17 at 3pm as we all share ideas and learn
>> together about electrification of buildings as a way to combat the climate
>> emergency. The link is below.
>>
>>    -  Mar 17, 2022 03:00 PM
>>
>> https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81095315671
>>
>> Meeting ID: 810 9531 5671
>>
>>       Please know that this is just the very beginning of the process.
>> We are in no way interested in rushing any new bylaws in Lincoln. There
>> will be  plenty of time and reflection and input from our citizens to
>> determine what is best for our community.
>>      To be clear, the Citizen's petition, if passed, would simply ask the
>> legislature to give Lincoln the *option* to require new construction to
>> be all electric.  In the meantime, Lincoln could begin a robust discussion
>> about what works best for our town and would require a vote at a town
>> meeting in the future.
>>   I hope this helps clear up some of your concerns.
>> Best,
>>
>> Trish O'Hagan
>>
>> 781 248 5657
>>
>> On 03/15/2022 6:54 PM Pat Gray <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Your email proves a point Denis was making. We, the Lincoln community,
>> should have a thorough and respectful series of conversations before we
>> move forward on it. It potentially affects all of us and therefore we need
>> our voices to be heard.
>>
>> Not doing so makes one question why? Maybe they are unsure of the support
>> they will receive from the Town, though I don’t know why.
>>
>> This doesn’t feel right. No process of inclusion.
>>
>> Pat Gray
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Mar 15, 2022, at 6:33 PM, Belinda Gingrich <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Dennis,
>> What would you do to solve the climate crisis? You give well thought out
>> ideas and it would be interesting to hear your proposals.
>>
>> India and China may be producing more greenhouse gases, as they are
>> supporting a few more people, but should we do nothing? What ideas to you
>> have for Lincoln to do?
>>
>> If I were building a new home I would want it to be as air tight and well
>> insulated as possible so that my energy bills for heating would be
>> minuscule. Who wouldn’t want a Passive House
>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passive_house> with minimal heating
>> bills? Should we be allowed to build inefficient houses because we haven’t
>> heard about better options?
>>
>> Is Gas a right? Massachusetts has very leaky natural gas infrastructure
>> <https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/10/25/methane-leaks-natural-gas-boston/>
>>  contributing
>> to global warming and not even heating our houses. It would cost enormous
>> amounts of money to repair even the major leaks and new leaks are forming
>> all the time. If we could all switch to electric homes we wouldn’t need all
>> the leaky infrastructure. I certainly don’t want to pay for a leaky gas
>> infrastructure. I want the government to legislate it away!
>>
>> https://www.wbur.org/news/2021/10/25/methane-emissions-natural-gas-massachusetts-climate-change
>>
>> There are options. Propane tanks are an option for people who have a
>> leaky old house that needs back-up heat, for people who want a generator
>> because of trees falling on electric lines (not to mention squirrels
>> causing havoc), and for people who must have gas cooktops despite the
>> health warnings. This seems a good libertarian option that doesn’t depend
>> on a central infrastructure that everyone needs to buy into. Just my 2
>> cents about a centralized gas system.
>>
>> Warm regards,
>> Belinda
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mar 15, 2022, at 3:07 PM, Dennis Liu <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Forgive me as I once again touch the third rail here, but a few questions
>> for consideration.
>>
>> A Lincoln environmental group is asking Town Meeting to petition the
>> state legislature to grant the town the right to ban the installation of
>> gas and oil for new buildings.  Stephanie Smoot asked the question,
>> effectively, why was this submitted with short notice and not much
>> investigation or discussion?  Trish O’Hagan responded, effectively, this is
>> a TWO-STEP process, and that once the first step is completed (successfully
>> petitioning the legislature), THEN Lincoln can conduct that investigation
>> and debate.
>>
>> To which I ask . . . why not have that investigation and debate NOW?  If
>> this is something that the green energy committee CAN convince the majority
>> of townsfolks to support, THEN go ahead with the petition process?
>> Especially since that petition is likely to succeed, so the discussion will
>> need to be had anyway.  What’s the benefit of doing it in this order?
>>
>> Perhaps doing it this way makes it EASIER for the proponents to achieve
>> their goal?
>>
>> My $0.02:  I am a HUGE fan of induction cooking, preferring it to gas
>> cooking (with electric resistance cooking a very distant third).  Electric
>> dryers work just fine, and any operating cost differential over gas dryers
>> is minimal, if not actually cheaper).  I do prefer, however, our tankless
>> propane(gas) water heater.  And if I were to build a new home, I’d strongly
>> consider an electric heat pump system, but given our climate, would at the
>> least have to supplement that with propane, gas, oil or electric
>> resistance.  Who cares, though, what that fool Dennis thinks?  What’s
>> critical is that this is just **MY** preference, **MY** choice.
>>
>> As a (small-L) libertarian, I’m very hesitant to **force** my choices on
>> other people.  I think folks should be free to determine for themselves
>> what they want and do not want to do.  If someone wants to buy bottled
>> water, or use canvas grocery tote bags, or drive a Tesla, or recycle
>> plastic, or use a plastic straw, then let them do there thing.  I’m all for
>> personal or group efforts to INFORM people, or PERSUADE people, but passing
>> legislation on all that?  Ugh.
>>
>> Yes, I acknowledge that climate change is a “collective-action” problem.
>> But for a rule like this one . . . I will stand athwart the arrows and
>> point out that this is, effectively, a **signal**. And also a way for
>> the proverbial camel to stick its nose into the tent.
>>
>> Why?  Because the total number of **NEW** buildings in Lincoln over the
>> next, say, decade, will be, what?  15? 30?  How much actual GLOBAL IMPACT
>> ON CLIMATE CHANGE will there be as a result of 30 or 40 new buildings
>> running heat pumps instead of gas/propane/oil?  My calculator doesn’t have
>> that many places to the right of the decimal.
>>
>> No, even for argument’s sake, the only real impact would be to **force**
>> **current** homeowners to make the switch.  What’s the best path to
>> that, from those who would advocate such a change?  Start by moving the
>> Overton window, and make the change on new construction.  That’s a
>> reasonable path forward – *if* you’re in agreement with the end goal.
>>
>> Keep in mind, though, sadly, that none of matters **in the practical
>> sense** because the greenhouse emissions coming out of China, India and
>> other massively populated countries pulling their citizenry out of gross
>> poverty completely and utterly overwhelms whatever savings might be
>> achieved by forcing local townsfolks to making expensive switches to heat
>> pumps.
>>
>> And do keep in mind that heat pumps, in using electricity available in
>> Lincoln, like electric vehicles, are still consuming electricity from
>> fossil fuels (albeit with lower collective emissions).
>>
>> AND also keep in mind that even with subsidies, heat pumps are still
>> costing **all of us** real money – those subsidies are coming either out
>> of the pockets of taxpayers or rate payers or gas/oil/propane customers.
>> TANSTAAFL.
>>
>> Thus – my suggestion is that if this is something that the people of
>> Lincoln should real consider doing, then please have the debate, fully
>> informed, NOW, rather than later.
>>
>> See also:  the Boston Globe, “Massachusetts should be converting 100,000
>> homes a year to electric heat. The actual number: 461” from August 2021,
>> the full text posted below.
>> https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/08/21/science/massachusetts-should-be-converting-100000-homes-year-electric-heat-actual-number-461/
>>
>>
>> Vty,
>>
>> --Dennis
>>
>> *Massachusetts should be converting 100,000 homes a year to electric
>> heat. The actual number: 461*
>> *By Sabrina Shankman
>> <https://12ft.io/proxy?ref=&q=https://www.bostonglobe.com/about/staff-list/staff/sabrina-shankman/?p1=Article_Byline>*
>>  Globe Staff,
>> Updated August 21, 2021, 2:36 p.m.
>>
>> When Massachusetts officials look into the not-so-distant future of
>> 2030, they see 1 million homes across the state comfortably heated and
>> cooled by sleek, efficient heat pumps, their old oil- and gas-burning
>> systems — and the climate-warming emissions they spewed — relegated to the
>> scrap heap.
>>
>> But they are woefully behind pace to reach that lofty goal, and the more
>> time that passes without an urgent response, the further out of reach it
>> gets.
>>
>> According to the state’s own plan
>> <https://www.mass.gov/doc/building-sector-technical-report/download>,
>> Massachusetts should be converting 100,000 homes a year from fossil fuels
>> to electricity for heating and cooling. The reality is much different: Just
>> 461 homes made the switch last year, according to data reviewed by the
>> Globe.
>>
>> “We are nine years from 2030, and we have barely begun to scratch the
>> surface in terms of what we’re doing and where we need to be going,” said
>> Eugenia Gibbons, Massachusetts climate policy director for Healthcare
>> Without Harm. “We need to be doing more, faster. The world is burning — I
>> don’t know how else to say it.”
>>
>> Nearly one third
>> <https://www.mass.gov/doc/building-sector-technical-report/download> of
>> Massachusetts’ emissions come from its more than 2 million buildings.
>> The state says eliminating those emissions by shifting to electrical
>> sources — and replacing fossil fuel energy generation with renewable
>> sources, such as wind, hydro-power, and solar — is critical to achieving
>> net zero emissions in time to do the most good. Between 2021 and 2030, the 
>> state
>> estimates
>> <https://www.mass.gov/doc/interim-clean-energy-and-climate-plan-for-2030-december-30-2020/download>,
>> about 1 million residential heating systems will come to the end of their
>> service lives — each a fossil fuel system that could be replaced by one
>> using electricity.
>>
>> Heat pumps, which use electricity to heat and cool buildings, are the
>> best tools for electrifying homes, according to the state’s Clean Energy
>> and Climate for 2030
>> <https://www.mass.gov/info-details/massachusetts-clean-energy-and-climate-plan-for-2030>
>>  plan.
>> Yet clean energy experts and advocates say there are several roadblocks
>> to widespread adoption, including high costs, lack of confidence by
>> consumers, and ignorance of the technology among many heating contractors.
>>
>> One of the biggest may be the state’s own energy efficiency program, Mass
>> Save. The program, which is funded by a surcharge on utility bills and run
>> by utility companies including gas providers, offers rebates to homeowners
>> for purchasing certain energy efficient equipment. While Mass Save purports
>> to support the state’s climate goals, advocates say it fails to support
>> full home electrification, and in some cases, appears to even actively
>> discourage it.
>>
>> As the recent UN climate report <https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/> made
>> abundantly clear, the time for action is running out. The planet has
>> already warmed by roughly 1.1 degrees Celsius since the 19th century, and
>> as this summer of extreme weather catastrophes has shown, even this amount
>> of warming comes with dire consequences. No matter how quickly we ramp up
>> climate measures, the planet is going to get even warmer, the UN panel
>> said; how much warmer will be determined by the steps taken now to stop
>> greenhouse gas emissions — specifically, by quitting fossil fuels.
>>
>> Unlike many other states and even countries, Massachusetts has a law on
>> the books requiring the state to get to net-zero emissions by 2050. But
>> setting a goal and achieving it are two different things, and failure to
>> ramp up now could lead to a chaotic rush down the road — or make the goal
>> impossible to reach.
>>
>> “We’re off by orders of magnitude from where we’re going to need to get
>> to,” said Cameron Peterson, director of clean energy for the Metropolitan
>> Area Planning Council.
>>
>> At Mass Save, the reluctance is hiding in plain sight. Some homeowners
>> said contractors affiliated with Mass Save dissuaded them from removing
>> their fossil fuel systems and going all-electric.
>>
>> Moreover, the list
>> <https://www.masssave.com/saving/residential-rebates/electric-heating-and-cooling/heat-pump-qualified-list>
>>  of
>> heat pumps that qualify for Mass Save rebates includes equipment that is
>> not specifically designed for cold climates. And even the 2021 form
>> <https://www.masssave.com/-/media/Files/PDFs/Save/Residential/Central_AC_and_Heat_Pump_Rebate_Form.pdf?la=en&hash=FF90FEE79E9BCD2B13FCEF3AB8E40100D07F78B3&hash=FF90FEE79E9BCD2B13FCEF3AB8E40100D07F78B3>
>>  that
>> homeowners must fill out for a rebate on heat pumps includes this note:
>> “The Sponsors of Mass Save do not recommend fully displacing existing
>> central heating system with heat pump equipment.”
>>
>> Of the 461 full-electric conversions in 2020, fewer than half were
>> facilitated by Mass Save. The rest came from programs sponsored by the
>> Massachusetts Clean Energy Center and the Department of Energy Resources.
>> Both departments have offered programs that help homeowners purchase heat
>> pumps. Though there may have been some additional electric conversions
>> that year, experts in the field said that number is likely to be small.
>>
>> Critics who have been watching the slow progress in Massachusetts are
>> coming to the conclusion that, in its current form, the Mass Save program,
>> which for 20 years has been effective at increasing energy efficiency,
>> may no longer be the best vehicle now that the program’s directive is
>> shifting to helping fight the climate crisis.
>>
>> “It’s difficult to build new imperatives onto old programs,” said Matt
>> Rusteika, who leads the buildings initiative at Acadia Center, a clean
>> energy advocacy organization.
>>
>> While the utilities behind Mass Save say they support the state’s
>> decarbonization plan, Chris Porter, the director of customer energy
>> management for National Grid in New England, stressed that the current 2030
>> plan is still in draft form, and that in National Grid’s opinion, the
>> best path forward may not be complete electrification.
>>
>> “Our perspective is that there are multiple potential pathways to
>> achieving the goal, which is decarbonization, and achieving the targets
>> laid out in the climate act,” said Porter. “There is still work to be done
>> in order to determine what the optimal, lowest-cost path to achieving that
>> outcome is.”
>>
>> Instead, Porter said, so-called renewable fuels such as hydrogen and
>> renewable natural gas, which he said could deliver lower-carbon fuels via
>> existing infrastructure, could play a role in the state’s future.
>>
>> Both of those options are fraught. Critics say
>> <https://earthjustice.org/features/report-building-decarbonization> that
>> renewable natural gas, composed mainly of methane made from recaptured
>> carbon or organic material like compost, likely doesn’t exist at the scale
>> needed, and studies have found that gas leaks would still contribute to
>> climate warming
>> <https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ab9335/meta>.
>> Meanwhile hydrogen currently is made from methane, and climate-friendlier
>> versions are still in development while also being called out
>> <https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ese3.956> recently in
>> a scientific journal as potentially as bad or worse than fossil fuels.
>>
>> A state official said the 2030 climate plan remains in draft form mainly
>> to incorporate the more rigorous carbon-cutting goals of the Massachusetts
>> law. As a result, any changes would likely step up the ambitions for
>> electrification, not reduce them.
>>
>> The current and proposed incentives in the Mass Save program offer
>> rebates to homeowners heating with oil or propane to purchase heat pumps,
>> but not to owners with gas systems. Mass Save says this is for financial
>> reasons: Heat pumps are expensive. While oil and propane customers can
>> expect to experience savings, gas customers could see their bills rise
>> slightly, and Mass Save has historically functioned first and foremost to
>> save customers money while increasing their energy efficiency.
>>
>> But converting oil and propane customers alone will not get the state to
>> 1 million electrified homes by 2030. Currently in Massachusetts, 750,000
>> homes are heated with oil or propane. To reach the goal, that means at
>> least 250,000 gas customers must make the switch, too.
>>
>> Some residents said that as they sought to convert their homes off of
>> fossil fuels, contractors, including those associated with Mass Save’s
>> energy audit program, told them that heat pumps alone could not heat a home
>> adequately through a Massachusetts winter.
>>
>> Rusteika saw this firsthand when he converted his own home to heat pumps.
>> “I had five contractors here, and only one advised against a full
>> replacement” of his fossil fuel system, he said. “That was the Mass Save
>> partner.”
>>
>> Across the state, homeowners have said that as they sought to convert
>> their homes off of fossil fuels, they were told by contractors that it
>> could not be done because of the cold winters in Massachusetts. That’s
>> simply not true, according to several experts in the field.
>>
>> “Certainly, we know that whole building electrification can work in
>> Massachusetts,” said Jeremy Koo, an associate at Cadmus, a technical and
>> strategic consulting company that helped the state develop some of its
>> climate plans and which helps implement heat pump programs across the
>> region.
>>
>> Unlike older models of heat pumps, which earned a reputation in the 1990s
>> for failing to adequately heat homes, modern, cold-climate heat pumps can
>> function in temperatures as low as negative 13 degrees. But while some
>> contractors have embraced the new technology, the idea that heat pumps are
>> ineffective lingers.
>>
>> Ben Butterworth, a Melrose homeowner and the senior manager for Climate
>> and Energy Analysis at Acadia Center, said that out the five contractors he
>> spoke with, only one was comfortable fully converting his oil-burning
>> heating system to heat pumps. Because he works in the field and is well
>> versed in the technology, he knew to look around for a more amenable 
>> contractor
>> to help him make the switch. But others might be more likely to take the
>> first contractor’s advice and keep a fossil fuel system for backup.
>>
>> Out in the field, Dan Zamagni, the director of operations for New England
>> Ductless, said his company has installed several whole-home heat pumps, and
>> has full confidence that they can do the job.
>>
>> “I think that with a trained eye and the right situation, you can make
>> anything work,” said Zamagni. “These systems are becoming more and more
>> efficient.”
>>
>> For many homeowners, the high costs of installation and operation can
>> represent another big hurdle. There is no one-size-fits-all solution for
>> heat pumps, so different kinds of equipment are needed depending on the
>> specifics of an individual building. Installation costs can have a huge
>> range. A whole-home heat pump program run by the Massachusetts Clean Energy
>> Center found an average project cost of $21,479, which was higher than
>> expected, the program’s director, Meg Howard, noted in a blog.
>>
>> “I am hopeful that this cost premium will shrink as installers become
>> more accustomed to designing whole home heat pump configurations,” she
>> wrote
>> <https://www.masscec.com/blog/2020/09/29/september-whole-home-heat-pump-pilot-update-still-time-apply>
>> .
>>
>> Once heat pumps are up and running, homeowners who were previously on oil
>> or propane can expect their monthly bills to decrease. While homes
>> previously heating with gas might see a slight increase in the cold months,
>> the annual bills are likely to even out because of savings from air
>> conditioning, Rusteika said.
>>
>> Of course a lot of this depends on the house, according to the Northeast
>> Energy Efficiency Partnerships, an energy-efficiency nonprofit. Homeowners
>> who weatherize their homes before getting estimates will find they save on
>> both installation and operating costs, while a drafty home is going to end
>> up costing more.
>>
>> For oil and propane users making the switch to heat pumps, Mass Save
>> rebates can add up to as much as $6,250 in savings for the average sized
>> home, according to the Acadia Center.
>>
>> By any metric, the rate of heat pump installations is behind. The vast
>> majority of heat pumps are installed in homes where they will supplement
>> existing oil, gas, or propane systems, not replace them outright. And in
>> 2020, the Mass Save program helped install just 3,300 heat pumps, far short
>> even of its own goal of 15,000 a year.
>>
>> Now, a state-run board that oversees the program, the Energy Efficiency
>> Advisory Council, is pushing the utilities behind Mass Save to go further.
>> The council says the program should up its goal to 120,000 heat pumps
>> installed between 2021 and 2024, or 40,000 a year. But there’s no clear
>> goal around how many buildings would be fully electrified in that process,
>> and it remains to be seen whether Mass Save will ultimately adopt the
>> council’s goal.
>>
>> Installing heat pumps but keeping a fossil fuel system as a backup helps
>> decrease greenhouse emissions, and can lead to increased consumer
>> confidence in the technology, making homeowners more likely to fully
>> electrify in the future, several experts said.
>>
>> But there’s a downside, too. “Keeping in fossil fuel equipment has
>> ramifications not just on how far the state gets towards its emissions
>> targets, but also has implications for the infrastructure that’s in place
>> to continue supporting fossil fuel delivery,” said Koo, of Cadmus.
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Lincoln <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Trish
>> O'Hagan
>> *Sent:* Saturday, March 12, 2022 3:03 PM
>> *To:* [email protected]
>> *Subject:* Re: [LincolnTalk] Webinars regarding Citizen's Petition for
>> Town meeting
>>
>> Dear Stephanie,
>> Thanks so much for your interest in the webinar. Hopefully you will join
>> us this week as we all share ideas and learn together about electrification
>> of buildings as a way to combat the climate emergency.
>>      To be clear, the Citizen's petition, if passed, would simply ask the
>> legislature to give Lincoln the option to require new construction to be
>> all electric.  At that time, Lincoln could begin a robust discussion about
>> what works best for our town and would require a vote at a town meeting in
>> the future.
>>   I hope this helps clear up some of your concerns.
>> Best,
>> Trish O'Hagan
>> Lincoln Mothers Out Front
>>
>> On 03/12/2022 1:39 PM Stephanie Smoot <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>
>> There is so much to know about impacts of  this proposed proposition- I'm
>> very suprised that* days before the meeting such significant legislation
>> is being proposed*.  Especially how it impacts costs to Lincoln
>> Residents.  None of this has been studied in any depth and data on our
>> current NetZero buildings such as the expensive all-electric new school is
>> unconfirmed-are we comfortable in them and are they affordable to run?
>>
>> Its important to note that *none of the towns mentioned* (Acton Concord
>> Lexington) have actually passed such initiatives and there is already a
>> NetZero stretch code proposed state-wide.
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>> *Stephanie Smoot*
>>
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>> On Sat, Mar 12, 2022 at 10:06 AM Trish O'Hagan <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> *Citizen’s Petition — Restrict Fossil Fuel Systems in New Buildings*
>> Related to climate change advocacy, a group of residents is asking Town
>> Meeting to support a petition to the state legislature that would require
>> new construction be all-electric for heating, cooling, and indoor cooking.
>> Lincoln would join other towns who similarly have petitioned the state.
>> The changes are necessary to help achieve the statewide reductions in
>> greenhouse gas emissions nset in the climate act signed in March 2021.
>> Learn more at Zoom meetings on Monday 3/14, 7-8pm, and Thursday, 3/17,
>> 3-4pm (links below), or call Trish O’Hagan (781-248-5657) or Paul Shorb
>> (617-543-5590) with questions.  Additional information will also be posted
>> at https://www.lincolngreenenergy.org/.
>>
>>    - Time: Mar 14, 2022 07:00 PM
>>
>> https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82072433671
>> Meeting ID: 820 7243 3671
>>
>>
>>    -  Mar 17, 2022 03:00 PM
>>
>> https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81095315671
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