[T3] So you think it was HOT in Ticonderoga...

Wed Jun 25 18:21:52 PDT 2025

My camp is off grid, with 1750 watts of solar and about 800AH of batteries Im just fine up there, but 
No "Piggy" electric users like hair driers or AC, but short uses of the microwave and toaster are still good, at least on a sunny day!
Very low carbon footprint up there!

Keith

Topnotch Restorations
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http://www.topnotchresto.com
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65 Notchback  “El Baja Rojo”
93 RX7  “Redstur”
13 Subaru Outback "Blendin"

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From: type3-vwtype3.org <type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org> On Behalf Of Mike Fisher
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2025 6:41 PM
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Subject: Re: [T3] So you think it was HOT in Ticonderoga...

CA just built a huge solar & battery storage complex where there's NO water for farming.
Winter wheat planters Nationwide can't make a living anymore @ $5/bushel!
Solar farms with sheep grazing/laying under them is working good.

On Wed, Jun 25, 2025 at 12:11 PM Gary Forsmo <gbforsmo at gmail.com> wrote:

> Jim A. makes many positive choices.  We try to do some of the same 
> decisions.
> We grew up in the late 30's, 40's & 50's when A/C was a rarity & a 
> luxury in homes & cars.  We survived.  Sometimes ignorance is bliss.
>
> Today we take advantage of ever-improving technology ... some of which 
> is a step backwards.
> Example:  Using a finite area of land to build wind & solar farms.  
> They reduce farmland that could be better served to produce crops.  
> Using commercial building rooftops could be better utilized for 
> producing energy rather than farmland.
>
> I'll get off my soapbox and store it away, again.  😂
>
> On Tue, Jun 24, 2025, 10:01 PM <jadney at vwtype3.org> wrote:
>
> > Wish I had a better report, but here in southern Wisconsin it was 93 
> > F w/77% humidity last weekend, putting the heat index well above 
> > 100. It was brutal outside and completely out of character for June 
> > in Wisconsin.
> > Nevertheless,
> > any long time resident can see that this has been the trend for the 
> > past
> > 40
> > years. I look forward to the next Invasion in Eau Claire, but it's 
> > just a couple hours farther north, and that's insignificant on the 
> > global scale.
> >
> > When Melissa and I first moved into this house, about 45 years ago, 
> > there were summers when we never even turned our air conditioner on. 
> > We have really nice oak trees in this neighborhood that provide a 
> > lot of really nice shade. The trees are still here, but they are no 
> > longer enough. I've probably had the AC on for more hours so far 
> > this year than our total AC hours for the first 10 years we lived 
> > here.
> >
> > I know that there are people out there who still believe that global 
> > warming is not real, or who feel that political loyalty requires 
> > their denial. If
> you
> > fall into
> > one of these categories, please look around, and see the handwriting 
> > on the wall. The temperature and wildfire statistics are there for 
> > anyone to see.
> >
> > Welcome to our new reality. Note that the new reality is that it's 
> > not just hotter this year, it's going to keep getting hotter each 
> > year. There's reason to believe that next year and the years after 
> > will be even hotter.
> >
> > What can each of us do about it? Here are a few things I do:
> >
> > I try to minimize my consumption of fossil fuels, gasoline, diesel 
> > fuel, and natural gas. I do this by being cautious in my thermostat 
> > settings and running errands in batches; Wednesday is my shopping 
> > day, so tomorrow I'll make
> at
> > least 4 stops in one warmup of the car. For some errands on other 
> > days, I may take the bus or ride my bike. My daily driver gets 40 
> > mi/gal and I have to fill its tank about once a month.
> >
> > I try to buy locally produced food as often as I can. I go to the 
> > local farmers'
> > market once a week in our Wisconsin growing season. This supports 
> > local farmers and reduces the amount of fuel that's needed to get my 
> > food from farm to table. In the winter, I still watch for more local 
> > suppliers, which may mean buying produce from Arizona over that from 
> > Brazil. I try to buy from sustainable producers.
> >
> > I pay my local Gas & Electric company a little extra to support 
> > solar and wind farms.
> >
> > I donate to charities that support these goals.
> >
> > I give to politicians who support these goals. I question why mature 
> > fossil fuel companies still "need" continuing tax benefits, which 
> > some politicians support while complaining that we can't afford to 
> > give similar support to renewable energy startups.
> >
> > I support population control, because population is the multiplier 
> > for everything. Yes, declining population would have its challenges, 
> > but that's insignificant compared to the problems that ever 
> > increasing population will bring. If you've ever wondered about that 
> > farmland that all seemed to
> turn
> > into houses over the past few years, that's population.
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > On 24 Jun 2025 at 21:01, Keith Park wrote:
> >
> > > Last year's invasion was Hot, and wet, but Yesterday in Ti was an
> > all-time
> > > RECORD Hot:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > The @nysmesonet's Ticonderoga site recently had a reading of 
> > > 93.1/80.7, which worked out to a heat index of 113.7F. This breaks 
> > > the all-time
> > network
> > > record of 111.3F recorded at the Dover Plains station several 
> > > years
> ago.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > That's an 81 degree dewpoint in TICONDEROGA, that NEVER happens!
> That's
> > bad
> > > day in Alabama stuff.  so Im glad we didn't have the invasion THIS
> Year.
> > > And BTW, it never stopped raining on the weekends,  we've had 32 
> > > in a
> row
> > > here so far,
> > >
> > > So it will feel good to head to Wisconsin next summer if it 
> > > doesn't
> stop
> > > raining in the northeast..
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Keith
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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