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this thread is the text-based equivalent of watching people scream at walls on youtube.
yawn. Prudhoe bay was "Giant" when it was discovered... 25 Billion barrels. Now 3-4 billion is giant. Hmmm.... Anyone read about the quality? Is...
Arbroath, Scotland, UK. Can't believe this thread is still rolling along.
Efficiency has the best ROI so I would argue that spending a $1M removing old, inefficient applicances would be VERY favourable to an additional...
it's a capitalization issue though. ROI is one thing, but if you lack the up-front capital you can't get the ROI. Folks on tight budgets can...
I like the idea of using Kill-a-watts to point out how bad an old fridge is. Ours was using almost 100 kWh/mo! The current one uses about 1/5 of...
We ditched our old fridge once I had the cash to replace it (I don't "do" loans unless they're completely unavoidable). I'm saving $10/mo in...
or do you mean expansive?
lol. South 40, that's a great expression.
The interesting thing about this thread is that it's the nexus of a couple of massive issues that we're currently facing... Energy and Healthcare....
We did they're website for them... buy their kit. They have all sorts of interesting stuff.
Except, to name a few: The Masai, the Innuit, and the Great Plains native Americans. They ate almost nothing but meat. The innuit considered...
I heard on NPR today that during WW2, income tax on the weathiest Americans was up to 94%! Middle class taxes were considerably higher during that...
nice!
yeah, off grid is a complete loser unless you have to run transmission to the property. Even then, you have to be a good distance from the nearest...
We're building a solar thermal (~200MW) in SW Colorado. The nice thing about solar thermal plants is the storage of heat in molten salts, or...
the PF isn't but the overall energy use is still superior. Am I not understanding something here? Remember, I know almost nowt about electricity...
don't know if this has been discussed in this thread... but does anyone have PF measurements for LEDs. Shawn has mentioned the crappy PF of CFLs...
Alaska has seen record high temps... in some cases the record highs really shattered the previous records. I'm not gonna complain about the...
Shawn, That's a really impressive improvement and you know that your AC is FUBAR so I'll wager you can make further improvements down the road....
