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the NorthEast is a big user of heating oil. Tell me what i can do to replace 800 gallons of oil a year. Solar isn't going to work either. Not enough daylight
by jsymolon 11y ago
the NorthEast is a big user of heating oil. Tell me what i can do to replace 800 gallons of oil a year.
Solar isn't going to work either. Not enough daylight.
- toomuchtodo 11y ago> the NorthEast is a big user of heating oil. Tell me what i can do to replace 800 gallons of oil a year. Insulate your home properly. > Solar isn't going to work either. Not enough daylight. http://www.climatecentral.org/news/feds-largest-us-offshore-wind-farm-18604 http://www.climatecentral.org/news/feds-largest-us-offshore-...
- DanBC 11y agoJust asking: How much insulation do typical homes have?
- dragonwriter 11y ago> Tell me what i can do to replace 800 gallons of oil a year. As I understand it, grid-powered geothermal heat pumps can replace a lot of it, at much greater efficiency. There's an upfront cost, sure, but I think its a fairly quick payoff even at current energy rates, much less if the externalities of fossil fuels were internalized into the rates.