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Saw some lady on the local news last night bitching about her electric bill. $1,100. And that was after a $700 bill in December.
I thought ours was horrific at $480.
so...we just had one of those new fangled high efficiency heat pumps installed.
And Sean, you'll love this. It came with a $350 rebate from the city and a $1,500 tax credit from our favorite uncle.
Hey, as long as they're offering.
I've got mixed feelings about this...
On the one hand, it should really be sufficient for consumers to realize savings on _their_ investments in terms of reduced energy bills. Replace a door with a more energy efficient one and your investment will be recovered in so many months (ROI).
On the other hand, I did buy a new sliding door this summer. I decided to upgrade the door to a more efficient one knowing that the tax rebate would fully pay for the upgrade and I would also achieve the energy savings. I will take advantage of the "playing field" as it is laid out.
But, overall, this sort of social engineering by way of rebates, etc. (cash for clunkers, cash for appliances, etc.) is really not necessary or desirable in a free society. Are we all really now smart enough to know what good investment is?
Last sentence should read: Are we all really NOT smart enough to know what a good investment is?
Well I guess the benefit to society is that reduced usage translates to reduced demand which should hopefully translate to less reliance on fossil fuels and more stable supply and prices. In theory everyone benefits. I don't know that I'd call that social engineering any more than the tax benefits of owning a home.
The cash for clunkers thing is a whole different ball of wax. I thought it was a bad idea just like I thought tax credits for SUV purchases were a bad idea.
That said, I can't really blame anyone that took advantage of the offer.
Sorry Patsy I guess I've managed to hijack your weather thread.
oh stop you two...It's frigin cold!
Yeah it's cold and can you believe that because it's been so cold this Winter some dumb asses now think that there's no such thing as Global Warming.
I keed, I keed :)
The earth warms, the earth cools. Eventually, the earth will be a frozen, lifeless rock and then it will be swallowed up by our red giant sun.
What *I* don't believe is that there is any significant man made global warming that will cause catastrophe for the planet unless we let the Al Gore brigade take total control of our "carbon emissions".
Speaking of frozen lifeless rocks look to the eastern horizon shortly after sunset tonight 2/17 to see the asteroid Vespa.
Binoculars would be better in a no light environment but if you have decent eyesight you may be able to see it without.
Well here are my energy saving measures. I only heat or cool the room I am in. I turned off the hot water to the kitchen and everything gets sterilized in my German dishwasher. Detergent does not need hot water to break down fat or grease. Everyone always seems to let the water run in the kitchen when they are doing something. I have those fluorescent ceiling lights in the bathrooms and hallways and they really seem to use less energy and don't look any different with the light covers on. Maybe because this is a poor country you can have to option of white light or fluorescent in the light fixtures. Oh yes, years ago one of the Detergent machinery makers told me that hot or warm water for clothes washing was just a marketing thing. SO I wash my clothes with cold water but if I have something to sterilize I have another front loading machine that cooks it's own water according to the temperature setting and I can do small loads in. Once the kids are gone it seems that everything around the house gets cheaper. We are looking for a way smaller place because I want to save my energy and not chase after keeping up a big place.
Juliet, that sounds way too complicated. I only wash laundry once a week (unless my friend stops by, wanting to do his laundry).That's gonna stop.
doug...anytime, no problem sweetie. My computer is messed up...keeps posting twice. and no, It's not ME!
my cat wants to go out...it's almost 11pm, not letting him out. wanna see if this dang computer works.
yay..yippee!!
My oven/stove works with gas,which is good because I like to do a lot of roasting. Each bathroom has it's own electric water heater. Since the boys left I only turn the water heater on the one we like to wash in. This apartment has three full baths and one half bathroom. I have window unit type air conditioners that also heat. That makes it easy to just cool the areas I want. I have not had a house maid for 10 years now but when I did I noticed that they constantly let the clothes dryer run "to keep the clothes from wrinkling." very costly or just let the hot water run and overflow from the mop bucket. That really wastes electricity. For some reason the electric meters are in the house here not outside.They have that disk that spins faster with the more electricity being used. Years ago when the boys were in elementary school we turned on and off the appliances in the house and observed which ones caused the disk to spin faster. We got in the habit of checking it at different times of day as we did our daily things about the house. Then you have to ask yourself things like "do you really want to get the toaster oven going to make one small item." Eat something else.
If you just have a few things to dry you can put them in the dryer for a few minutes and then hang them up. When the kids lived here my electric bill ran about 80-100 dollars now it is around 50-60. that includes the 10 percent for trash disposal that is attached to the electric bill here. The European type dishwashers and clothes washers that heat the water as you need it really save money. I do love my USA large top loading machine because I like to wash my comforters and blankets often and they just do not fit in the smaller front loader and I think they need a lot of water to rinse out with. I use cold water. The European machines use much less water because, water is expensive and it is charged coming into the house and going out.
With regard to heating here the houses don't have any sort of insulation and are concrete. I have tiled and marble floors so they are really cold in the winter.Rubber soles help. Egypt has great cotton long underwear and really nice warm house coats and pretty leisure gowns and things to wear so when I am done going out for the day I just layer up. Anyway most of my friends electric bills run about 400-1000 dollars here which I think is lame but they all have their companies or USA tax payers pay if they are with the Embassy or some US contractor. The average Egyptian pays far less than I do. I am not cheap just frugal.
yes Juliet, Egyptian cottom Ive heard is nice.
You sound like a very resourceful women in these hard times.
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