Re: Politicians and energy policy

On May 24, 11:12 pm, "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terr...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
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The bottom line is that even leaky houses don't leak
unless something is pushing the air.

Hot, wet winds are enough. Unless you want to calk every door and
window shut, there WILL be ingresion of humid air. If you seal it up
that tight, the humidity will rise from human breath, and sweat. If you
think 90 is bad, smpend some time down here after ahurricane when it's
over 100 degrees, with no electricity.

You forgot to mension temperature cycling. In Florida, a very air
tight house would still pump its self full of water in a few weeks
from that. All of the wall spaces etc will be full of humid air in
fairly short order after the house is built.



The idea of using a "smart" electric meter to achieve the same power
reducing effect as rolling blackouts is bogus.

Only if you don't understand how it works. I live alone right now.
The water heater comes on after midnight for about 1.5 hours, and gives
me usable hot water for the full 24 hour day.

Some places they are talking about having the utility send signals
around that tells the optional loads like water heaters to come on and
off with a finer grain than just a fixed time. This allows the load
to be made much more level.


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