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Posted by Energy Tough Love Blog 23 hours 37 minutes ago.
There is so much about this guy and his projects. The good news is that they are finally winning the building code battles. Oh and of course they ran up against the utility companies too. They hate houses that do not use power. So these are not houses for...
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Posted by Energy Tough Love Blog 2 days 22 hours ago.
All of those things could have taken SEVERAL Years to complete.You have to ask yourself, “How badly must my house have been designed for me to have to do all this work” The answer is VERY badly. The big housing push in post WWII America led t...
Posted by Energy Tough Love Blog 3 days 22 hours ago.
It is true. Not everyone will get the bug. Where you stop after your energy audit could many times be with good thoughts. A liberal bastion such as Boulder, has to hire people to go door to door to install Compact Flourescent Lighbulbs.
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Posted by Energy Tough Love Blog 6 days 21 hours ago.
[we are coming up on Herbie Hancock's 70th birthday so..]
It’s Jam Band Friday – ( http://www.youtube.com/watchv=XrgP1u5YWEg )
But the discussion leads directly to considering the use of you own generation devices. People have been trained ov...
Posted by Energy Tough Love Blog 1 week 21 hours ago.
I have done a whole 2 week meditation on solar cooking, drying and other energy light food preparation methods. That included gardening, canning, freezing and all manner of good foods that are good for you. I did not cover hunting and maybe the next time ...
Posted by Energy Tough Love Blog 1 week 1 day ago.
I mean I am talking world wide. If every women in the world heated water this way their lives would immediately improve and their effects on the environment would come to a stop. They probably would even live better lives. Every bride should demand one.
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Posted by Energy Tough Love Blog 1 week 2 days ago.
I was going to include a rant here: That Americans have been brainwashed to believe that energy isn’t free. The point being that if all we allowed was renewables that is all we would have. If we mandated geothermal and solar water heating for resi...
Posted by Energy Tough Love Blog 1 week 4 days ago.
I know…I just had you insulate your water heater BUT if you use it for a holding take it was not a waste of time…
http://www.simpleheaters.com/hop=goodanswer“You Can Easily Build Your Own Solar Water Heater and Save up to 33% Off Yo...
Posted by Energy Tough Love Blog 1 week 6 days ago.
Boogie down brothers it’s Jam Band Friday -( http://www.youtube.com/watchv=p-cF40OWeak )
Now that you have spent the last couple of years getting to know your energy systems in your home and doing something about it. What is next Solar Panels, Sol...
Posted by Energy Tough Love Blog 2 weeks 23 hours ago.
For the record and I have said this many many many times. Half the energy our society expends is on pumps. Second, water is awfully cheap. Many people consider the next two things I will suggest as “parlor tricks”, but they are cheap and easy....
Posted by Energy Tough Love Blog 2 weeks 1 day ago.
While these are 2 things you will hardly ever hear about and probably won’t find them in any energy audit permanent furnace filters and foam insulation for electrical outlets are cheap easy additions to your environment. You will also notice that I ...
Posted by Energy Tough Love Blog 2 weeks 2 days ago.
The whole purpose of this blog is to combat burning behavior. Burning Behavior is very primite and at this point in our culture counterproductive behavior. Information can counter this largely instinctive behavior. Notice how quickly you want to put caulk...
Posted by Energy Tough Love Blog 2 weeks 3 days ago.
These babies are expensive and are already being replaced by LED Technology but beginning in 2012 they will be phased out and eliminated by 2014. Did I say they look funny too. So go around and count all your lights. We have 11 in the bathroom alone. At 2...
Posted by Energy Tough Love Blog 2 weeks 3 days ago.
I am at the Riverton public library and I could post but Cass Communication or Greene County Cable who are my service providers said they will get it up and running this afternoon. So I am taking them at their word. If they don’t live up to it by t...
Posted by Energy Tough Love Blog 2 weeks 6 days ago.
It is Jam Band Friday – ( http://www.youtube.com/watchv=3JW-OU3LkM8 )
Humans burn at 98.6. If we lived in a perfectly insulated and airtight world we would have to vent our homes in the winter. Some people in colder climates have those homes, but u...
Posted by Energy Tough Love Blog 3 weeks 22 hours ago.
When I was talking about making a list of your energy consuming equipment and taking actions like cleaning the coils on your refrigerator and your freezer, and cleaning the filters on your cooling and heating equipment, I forgot the most easy and larges...
Posted by Energy Tough Love Blog 3 weeks 1 day ago.
Much of the common sense that was built into our homes up until the 1950s was thrown out for what was called modernism. We here call 20 year obsolescence and stupid. One of those Common Sense ideas was the idea of solar shading. This meant that for most p...
Posted by Energy Tough Love Blog 3 weeks 2 days ago.
Windows and Doors in your residence are the find line between Rehabilitation and New Build. To use Professional Speak, your house consists of an interior and an exterior envelop with insulation inbetween even if that insulation is only air. The whole goal...
Posted by Energy Tough Love Blog 3 weeks 3 days ago.
Got to go to Mason City to get my address book…so maybe I will do a standard post maybe not…
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