GAS

Natural gas, car gas and human gas.  It’s all organic.

Natural gas is what kills landlords.  The bills.  My buildings are pre-World War II — built when gas was cheap— so the decrepit single-pipe steam-heat systems pump all the heat to the top floor first.  Stupid.

It would cost a zillion dollars to change.  Not a great ROI.  Return on Investment.

Gas bills . . . how badly are you getting burned? You have to adjust for HDDs.  Heating Degree Days.

Gasoline . . .  That’s easier to calculate.  When the price at the pump goes up a dime, that’s about 10 cents.  Gasoline costs are about the same as two decades ago, based on constant dollars, and natural gas has more than doubled.

Human gas.  That’s an ocasional bandstand issue. “Who did that?”  We’re in junior high again.  Cheap time-traveling.

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