Hey Brian!
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I think is has to do with the laws of physics
Congress should just repeal those dang things. I run into this all the time. We could have much more efficient engines, get off our oil habit and all take vacations in southern clims if they would. But those darn democrats on the hill...... ;-)
Congress should just repeal those dang things. I run into this all the time. We could have much more efficient engines, get off our oil habit and all take vacations in southern clims if they would. But those darn democrats on the hill...... ;-)
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I took a different approach: For the Boat: (1) Replaced all light bulbs with LED: http://www.superbrightleds.com/other_bulbs.htm (2) Removed the compressor and ice box in the fridge. It was not working and no plan to replace it. $1000 buy a lot of ice. (3) Bought a 10 inches miner's oil lamp. It gives out pretty good warmth and quite romantic. (4) Investigate into building a solar water heater I saw in a book: "Upgrading The Cruising Sailboat" - Daniel Spurr ISBN 0-97742-411-X At the house: (1) Downsized the fridge. (2) Installed a cloths line (3) Replaced all light bulbs with compact florescent (4) Got a very high efficent gas furnace, and pilotless gas stove (5) Got a spill proof oil lamp in case of power failure (6) I might use the leasson learned from the boat solar heater project to scale one up for the house. Bottom line: PV are very inefficent but sexy technology. I'll go after the demand side of the equation. Just my 2 cents.
I took a different approach: For the Boat: (1) Replaced all light bulbs with LED: http://www.superbrightleds.com/other_bulbs.htm (2) Removed the compressor and ice box in the fridge. It was not working and no plan to replace it. $1000 buy a lot of ice. (3) Bought a 10 inches miner's oil lamp. It gives out pretty good warmth and quite romantic. (4) Investigate into building a solar water heater I saw in a book: "Upgrading The Cruising Sailboat" - Daniel Spurr ISBN 0-97742-411-X At the house: (1) Downsized the fridge. (2) Installed a cloths line (3) Replaced all light bulbs with compact florescent (4) Got a very high efficent gas furnace, and pilotless gas stove (5) Got a spill proof oil lamp in case of power failure (6) I might use the leasson learned from the boat solar heater project to scale one up for the house. Bottom line: PV are very inefficent but sexy technology. I'll go after the demand side of the equation. Just my 2 cents.
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