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Article #99Re: A simple, cost-free way to cut your annual household CO2 emissions by tonnes.
From: hot frog
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:21
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:21
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"Fred" <general@zaradise.net.uk> wrote in message news:47ba0f57@clear.net.nz... > > "hot frog" <short@tension.span> wrote in message > news:47b98ab7$0$8437$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au... > > "John Henderson" <jhenRemoveThis@talk21.com> wrote in message > > news:61reo2F20hosiU1@mid.individual.net... > >> hot frog wrote: > > > > > Heating water certainly chews up a lot of energy, and is another area > > where > > many people can make a big difference for little or no expense in the long > > run. I've written several posts over the years on our solar hot water > > system, which paid for itself in five years and has been saving us money > > ever since. It has also reduced our carbon footprint by about 32 tonnes of > > CO2. > > > > You say you're getting a 20% return on your solar wate heating? I'd like to > see the figures. I played with some numbers, and doubt that I could achieve > anything like that in my two-person household. I've posted the figures numerous times in the past, but of course a two-person household could not achieve the same results as a five-person household. It may well be impossible for you to ever break even. Your potential quarterly savings will be even less than 2/5 of ours, due to the minimum charge for the controlled supply, unless you disconnect and run the risk of cold showers occasionally. Then again, if you factor in what you would save on antibiotics ... (j/k John)
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