In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, a good friend who runs a large heating company in the hardest-hit part of Long Island is looking for boiler installers who have their own trucks and tools and want to make money, while helping people in desperate need. If you're interested, please email me at dan@heatinghelp.com and I will put you in touch with him. Thanks.

That's what may happen in France if this new law goes through. What do you think? Too much Big Brother?

I'm no chemist but I was able to follow this and it's pretty interesting. I kept thinking, though, about how much electricity is required because that has to come from someplace, right? Time for wind turbines to step up?   

Thanks to subscriber, John Ackerly, for sharing this story about what's going on with the cows and the snow and the skiing in Vermont. There, I'll bet that got your attention. 

Just imagine what a huge job this is. Ah, from each according to his ability, to each according to his need. Now that didn't work out quite as planned, did it? 

is getting warmer. The Dutch are doing something about the crummy construction that went on in their country after World War II, when the focus was on just getting folks out of the weather. According to this story, they're making grand progress.

Good story here from Forbes about the new district-cooling system that's cooling the servers in Denmark. Such a beautiful country! 

Siggy and I will be doing a PM Live event during the big AHR show in Dallas on January 29. Siggy's topic is Small Scale Hydronic Cooling Options, and I get to talk about the Dead Men and their steam systems that still warm so many American buildings. This will be my very first speaking engagement in Texas and I can't wait!