I was talking about photo-voltaic, not heating with solar energy. We surely need new windows, but they are really expensive and seem to have a fairly high payback time. But, after we insulate the walls and roof, that will be the next logical step. They will also keep the sound out better too.
--- Stephen the Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michael Madigan <> wrote: > > I've been hearing about geothermal since I did a > report on it in 4Th > > grade. It ain't ever going to happen here. > > Nature really does a good job in the heating of > water in some areas. Take > natural hot springs and get the water to pump from > much lower. > > > Solar and Wind work now and should be on > everyone's homes shortly. > > Your kidding right? Solar is over rated, having > lived in a solar house in > North AZ. Your either in collecting mode in the > winter, but then your > design is in collecting mode and summer is very hot. > > > > > By the way, we've cut our house gas and electric > bills by $600 this > > year. We did it by only cooling and heating the > rooms we were in. > > We bought electric space heaters and window air > conditioners all with > > digital thermostats. Our rooms were 74 degrees in > the summer and 68 > > in the winter. > > > > That represents an 18% drop in energy use. > > > > This year we're going to insulate our walls, which > have no insulation > > in them due to the age of the house, and put a lot > more insulation in > > our attic. > > that should cut another 20% off our bill. > > That is great! How are your windows? You can loose > a great deal of energy > through your glass. Maybe putting in new ones that > are a thermal barrier > could help. We put some in and it's much warmer > then the older ones. That > is using a thermometer in front of them as a gauge. > It helps a lot in the > summer for us. > > Stephen Russell > DBA / .Net Developer > > Memphis TN 38115 > 901.246-0159 > > "A good way to judge people is by observing how they > treat those who > can do them absolutely no good." ---Unknown > > http://spaces.msn.com/members/srussell/ > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.29/673 - > Release Date: 2/6/2007 > 5:52 PM > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, > are the opinions of the author, and do not > constitute legal or medical advice. This statement > is added to the messages for those lawyers who are > too stupid to see the obvious. > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
