Nov. 1 is a day to change from daylight savings as we move closer to the Holiday season. Soon the snow will coat the hills and byways, the lakes will freeze and another season of outdoor activities will begin. Nov. 1 is also a day that the legislators and Minnesota revenue have selected for residential heating fuels, like natural gas or electricity, to not be taxed. The non-taxing of residential fuels does end on April 30.
It make me wonder about those first days of frost, which can occur most any time in September and those cool October days. This year October was a little bit of exception with some very mild days, yet I recall some mornings in the mid to low 20 degree range. Think it was even cooler in far northern Minnesota, like International Falls and we can't forget Embarrass, Minnesota.
Are these early fall non-taxing months (September/October) of residential heating because our legislators were pre-planning for global warming when we will not need to heat our homes until Nov. 1, or did they just missed the boat again?
Kent Rees
Emily
