Comments on: A Negawatt is Always Cheaper than a Megawatt http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/12/27/a-negawatt-is-always-cheaper-than-a-megawatt/ Green Parenting for Non-toxic, Healthy Homes Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:42:23 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: A Negawatt is Always Cheaper than a Megawatt - SustainLane http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/12/27/a-negawatt-is-always-cheaper-than-a-megawatt/comment-page-1/#comment-6272 A Negawatt is Always Cheaper than a Megawatt - SustainLane Sat, 14 Feb 2009 03:15:20 +0000 http://ecochildsplay.com/?p=2426#comment-6272 [...] Source: ecochildsplay.com/2008/12/27/a-negawatt-is-always-cheaper-than-a-meg... [...] [...] Source: ecochildsplay.com/2008/12/27/a-negawatt-is-always-cheaper-than-a-meg… [...]

]]> By: Crimson Wife http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/12/27/a-negawatt-is-always-cheaper-than-a-megawatt/comment-page-1/#comment-6266 Crimson Wife Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:02:04 +0000 http://ecochildsplay.com/?p=2426#comment-6266 Out here in the Bay Area, you can lease a solar panel system for a fairly reasonable monthly fee without the tens of thousands of dollars upfront. Unfortunately, we rent so we can't take advantage of it at the current time. But if we ever do end up buying our own place, we're going to seriously look into getting it. Out here in the Bay Area, you can lease a solar panel system for a fairly reasonable monthly fee without the tens of thousands of dollars upfront. Unfortunately, we rent so we can’t take advantage of it at the current time. But if we ever do end up buying our own place, we’re going to seriously look into getting it.

]]> By: Kai Schwandes http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/12/27/a-negawatt-is-always-cheaper-than-a-megawatt/comment-page-1/#comment-6270 Kai Schwandes Sun, 28 Dec 2008 15:04:42 +0000 http://ecochildsplay.com/?p=2426#comment-6270 great tips, of cause the real first step to saving energy is when you build your house, here is a good article on "Passive Houses" already common in Germany http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/27/world/europe/27house.html?_r=2&hp great tips, of cause the real first step to saving energy is when you build your house, here is a good article on “Passive Houses” already common in Germany

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/27/world/europe/27house.html?_r=2&hp

]]> By: recycle shirt http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/12/27/a-negawatt-is-always-cheaper-than-a-megawatt/comment-page-1/#comment-6271 recycle shirt Sun, 28 Dec 2008 09:33:14 +0000 http://ecochildsplay.com/?p=2426#comment-6271 Very good list, I learned a few new things. The best is that most of it is simple to do. I'm building a new house now and I got some tips here that will help me design the new house for better energy conservation. Thanks :) Very good list, I learned a few new things. The best is that most of it is simple to do. I’m building a new house now and I got some tips here that will help me design the new house for better energy conservation. Thanks :)

]]> By: yoda http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/12/27/a-negawatt-is-always-cheaper-than-a-megawatt/comment-page-1/#comment-6269 yoda Sun, 28 Dec 2008 06:51:30 +0000 http://ecochildsplay.com/?p=2426#comment-6269 it's amazing to me the number of houses in america that are thin walled, voluminous boxes with nearly no innsulation or thought given to the natural enviroment, wind, sun, etc. they just used the "Soviet system" apparently, used big bulldozers to flatten out the land, massive herbicides to kill the vegetation, and build the cheapest fastest houses possible. to hell with everything else. i think the 70s, 80s, and 90s were all bad years, especially in So.Calif. where i lived at those times. you shut the front of these places and the house rattles..it's amazing. i thought for a long time it was a conspiracy of sorts between the energy companies and the developers, but now i just think is was raw greed on the developers part. those kind of people just aren't smart enough to figure out something like that, in my experience. but man did they make money, and many went into politics with their new money, and made it easier for yet more development of the same sort to happen...a couple of city councilmen in a small town in So. Cal. could probably allow for 10s or 100s of thousands of new homes to built...and still it continues. also, no foresight about traffic issues was given, or much of anything else (other than the strip malls maybe)...those problems had to be fixed later if at all. the fallout is still coming really. but those houses really all should be bulldozed completely...they are such a huge waste of resources it's ridiculous. nice article. another way to look at it: every time you put in some insulation you are probably saving the life of some kid in Iraq! it's really a win-win situation, and very cheap. :) yoda (from mixx fame) it’s amazing to me the number of houses in america that are thin walled, voluminous boxes with nearly no innsulation or thought given to the natural enviroment, wind, sun, etc. they just used the “Soviet system” apparently, used big bulldozers to flatten out the land, massive herbicides to kill the vegetation, and build the cheapest fastest houses possible. to hell with everything else. i think the 70s, 80s, and 90s were all bad years, especially in So.Calif. where i lived at those times.

you shut the front of these places and the house rattles..it’s amazing.

i thought for a long time it was a conspiracy of sorts between the energy companies and the developers, but now i just think is was raw greed on the developers part. those kind of people just aren’t smart enough to figure out something like that, in my experience. but man did they make money, and many went into politics with their new money, and made it easier for yet more development of the same sort to happen…a couple of city councilmen in a small town in So. Cal. could probably allow for 10s or 100s of thousands of new homes to built…and still it continues.

also, no foresight about traffic issues was given, or much of anything else (other than the strip malls maybe)…those problems had to be fixed later if at all.

the fallout is still coming really. but those houses really all should be bulldozed completely…they are such a huge waste of resources it’s ridiculous.

nice article.

another way to look at it: every time you put in some insulation you are probably saving the life of some kid in Iraq!

it’s really a win-win situation, and very cheap.
:)

yoda (from mixx fame)

]]> By: Uncle B http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/12/27/a-negawatt-is-always-cheaper-than-a-megawatt/comment-page-1/#comment-6268 Uncle B Sat, 27 Dec 2008 20:44:12 +0000 http://ecochildsplay.com/?p=2426#comment-6268 Homes designed specifically for low heating costs, passive solar efficiency, ground heat usage and efficient air conditioning are common in Canada, where heating bills can be excessive and, wages to pay them, very low, relative to American standards. Heat exchangers play major roles, as does solar heat collection. Wind is used, most successfully on the Prairies, and wood-burning is common. The future holds super-insulated (straw bales sometimes) and double walled houses, Underground or well bermed houses are uncommon but do exist and are successful. As we go deeper into post-peak oil, and compete with powerhouses like China for oil, better designed, more reasonably sized housing is in order. No more McMansions for fairy-tale Barbi-Girl wives, no more 17th century English mansions, no more 1950's Hollywood split levels, just plain practical super-insulated, solar oriented and perhaps solar powered, small survival swellings, good to raise a small family, then retire to. The post (GRD) great republican depression American ego will be conditioned by the hardship of the GRD to appreciate this for as much as it is worth to any human on the face of the earth - Our come-uppance has come up! We are about to be cast into a new mold by our rapidly deflating dollar and the Chinese reality. Homes designed specifically for low heating costs, passive solar efficiency, ground heat usage and efficient air conditioning are common in Canada, where heating bills can be excessive and, wages to pay them, very low, relative to American standards. Heat exchangers play major roles, as does solar heat collection. Wind is used, most successfully on the Prairies, and wood-burning is common. The future holds super-insulated (straw bales sometimes) and double walled houses, Underground or well bermed houses are uncommon but do exist and are successful. As we go deeper into post-peak oil, and compete with powerhouses like China for oil, better designed, more reasonably sized housing is in order. No more McMansions for fairy-tale Barbi-Girl wives, no more 17th century English mansions, no more 1950’s Hollywood split levels, just plain practical super-insulated, solar oriented and perhaps solar powered, small survival swellings, good to raise a small family, then retire to. The post (GRD) great republican depression American ego will be conditioned by the hardship of the GRD to appreciate this for as much as it is worth to any human on the face of the earth – Our come-uppance has come up! We are about to be cast into a new mold by our rapidly deflating dollar and the Chinese reality.

]]> By: Alberto http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/12/27/a-negawatt-is-always-cheaper-than-a-megawatt/comment-page-1/#comment-6267 Alberto Sat, 27 Dec 2008 20:26:56 +0000 http://ecochildsplay.com/?p=2426#comment-6267 These are excellent tips! I learned a few new things reading this. I don't actually own a home yet... but I'll be sure to let my parents know. These are excellent tips! I learned a few new things reading this. I don’t actually own a home yet… but I’ll be sure to let my parents know.

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