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As some of you are aware, I've been thinking some about long term approaches to reducing my nat. gas load from water heating. I've done some of...
Yep, this is what I observe as well. I go ahead and take it up to 35 for the reasons you stated, then let it fall to 25 in the glide before...
Very well stated. I've never seen it put that way, but it is true with regards to a government elected by the people to serve their common...
One of the things I gathered from that study was that venting vs. no venting wasn't having that much effect on the shingle temps in the cathedral...
The answer is pretty simple: increase fuel costs and let the free market work out solutions to the price. Either that or we can wait for the...
Wish I could say that, but the inefficient HVAC system and large volume/vertical height of the home are making it hard to even get to mid-pack on...
I can understand that. Replacing the fridge is hard to justify with energy savings alone. The 1994 fridge I replaced still had reasonable energy...
It's not closed in our home, it is vented, but the problem with a cathedral ceiling is that there is no easy way to improve the insulation (such...
I think you could do better with most conservatives and chickenhawks simply by presenting them upfront with the tax bill for whatever venture they...
Watching the lag there is considerable thermal mass in those shingles and it is conducting to the decking, and then to the studs and into the...
Exactly, and I've seen this several times. I look at the battery state before I back out (before the engine is on, then I tend to reconfirm it as...
It's infrequent that I get conditions favorable to the speeds mentioned, but when it happens extended runs at 70 mpg are indeed possible, even for...
More like 9.5 gallons for the coast, but that would just be a guess since the cruddy fuel gauge isn't any help once you get to the flashing pip....
No unfamiliarity here. I've seen that sucker drop two bars overnight essentially at start up. It's especially obvious since it is in charge mode...
I've not seen this addressed anywhere, but I've been wondering about the following: do solar panels (including those for water heating) reduce...
Agreed for the most part. There are a few exceptions (as in Israel and some WWII conscript armies) but for the exception to work requires a...
That's still incredibly impressive to me. I'm running about twice that right now...as long as I can keep the AC off. I've got a couple of things...
I've ordered the HighSierra, so we'll see how it works in one of the kids showers. If it does well then I might order the Road Runner for the...
From what I recall Izza never really did much to determine whether his car had a problem relative to others, or if it was his routes, etc....
You've got to make some rather serious changes to get down in the 2 kwh/day range if you have kids. With kids one is looking at about 1 load of...
