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"I take it that George Bush and Al Gores houses will not be that far apart in total energy consumption." Just to clarify, do you mean grid energy consumption?
by look_lookatme 17y ago
"I take it that George Bush and Al Gores houses will not be that far apart in total energy consumption."
Just to clarify, do you mean grid energy consumption? Unless I read incorrectly, George Bush's Crawford ranch house is twice as small as Al Gore's house. Does that not matter much in terms of total consumption?
I believe Bush owns a huge home in Dallas, and it seems obvious that the ranch was a PR vehicle, so I doubt his combined personal energy footprint is worth talking about, but based on the article above his Crawford ranch is impressive.
- jacquesm 17y agoGrid energy consumption is not what it is about in off the grid houses, that's a big fat '0'. The amount of money spent on the installation and insulation of the property is the big factor, and I suspect that if grid power was available where that farm is located that it is nowhere near cost effective. The house I built was to learn, not to save, just to give you an idea of how inefficient going off the grid if grid power is available is. If grid power is not available, in other words if you do not have any other options then it is a totally different matter. The total cost of a 10 KWh/day installation in the Northern latitudes of Canada was 5 years ago about $CAN 60,000, probably in Texas where you have much more sunshine the cost will be significantly lower, but you still have to factor in stuff like the cost of charging / discharging batteries, which alone already costs more than using the grid... It's not that easy!