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Fossil Fuel Shortage

For the fossil fuel shortage created by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. the International Energy Agency has ten recommendations. Two are converting to “electric heat pumps and prioritizing electric vehicles.“ The IEA emphasizes that this will help address the shortage of fossil fuels and ease problems created by the Russian invasion. For those making this transition, you will also lower your energy costs and have better safety and air quality in your home and community. Electric heat pumps are currently the most energy efficient way to heat space and water. If you have an older gas guzzling car and heat with fossil fuels, act now to prepare for a better future. It only makes cents!

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By Court Smith

A mechanical engineer who became a cultural anthropologist.

After a 34-year career as a professor at Oregon State University, Smith became an emeritus professor in 2003, and maintains interests in human interaction with natural resources. He focuses on contemporary domestic society and how to create more socially and environmentally just options for the future.

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