Posted by gfretwell on February 1, 2007, 11:08 pm
On 1 Feb 2007 18:47:20 -0800, "Sudden Disruption"
>"Wasted" energy takes the form of heat. And this heat helps heat your
>house, if only just a small amount.
That is absolutely true as long as you have the heat on. I suspect it
is significant in Northern California but I doubt those people in San
Diego or LA turn the heat on very often and then it is probably at
night when they are sleeping anyway.
In my part of the country SW Florida the heating season is about 8
days a year.
Posted by Joe Fischer on February 1, 2007, 11:11 pm
><a href="http://suddendisruption.blogspot.com/2007/02/for-years-
>federal-energy-star-program.html#links">Sudden Disruption: The Energy
>Star Efficiency Myth</a>
>Will someone please tell me what I've missed before this becomes law?
>Sudden Disruption
Just that much of California doesn't need heat
much of the year. :-)
Joe Fischer
Posted by barry on February 2, 2007, 12:17 pm
> ><a href="http://suddendisruption.blogspot.com/2007/02/for-years-
> >federal-energy-star-program.html#links">Sudden Disruption: The Energy
> >Star Efficiency Myth</a>
> >Will someone please tell me what I've missed before this becomes law?
> >Sudden Disruption
> Just that much of California doesn't need heat
> much of the year. :-)
> Joe Fischer
And how about the fact that resistive electrical heating is purely
stupidly
inefficient? IMHO.
J
Posted by harry k on February 2, 2007, 1:09 pm
On Feb 2, 9:17 am, b...@sme-online.com wrote:
> > ><a href="http://suddendisruption.blogspot.com/2007/02/for-years-
> > >federal-energy-star-program.html#links">Sudden Disruption: The Energy
> > >Star Efficiency Myth</a>
> > >Will someone please tell me what I've missed before this becomes law?
> > >Sudden Disruption
> > Just that much of California doesn't need heat
> > much of the year. :-)
> > Joe Fischer
> And how about the fact that resistive electrical heating is purely
> stupidly
> inefficient? IMHO.
> J
And making heat by using a lightbulb is even more inefficient.
Harry K
Posted by Eeyore on February 1, 2007, 11:16 pm
Sudden Disruption wrote:
> For years the Federal Energy Star program has perpetuated the myth
> that if you buy appliances (or any electrical device) for the home
> that uses less energy, you'll see proportional savings in your monthly
> power bill. This is rarely the case.
Since when did using less electricity cost more ?
Graham
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>house, if only just a small amount.