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Comment on From the Stupid Mandates Dept. by Scott

Scott — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:41:37 +0000

Let’s move to Canada and start a helicopter landscaping business…

Comment on Energy Policy for Low-Income Homeowners by mike

mike — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:32:17 +0000

Thanks for updating the info and for the good work.

Comment on Energy Policy for Low-Income Homeowners by Peter Troast

Peter Troast — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:43:55 +0000

Mike–thanks for the mention and the very thoughtful take on this. We’re all a little caught up in the emotions of the real people in this story, so you’re entirely right to take it to the real economics. (And, as much as I believe in my bones what I wrote about future oil prices, I read and respect Smil too, so fair point there.) I updated the post on Energy Circle yesterday with the projected costs of the weatherization measures, the Hartford’s historic oil use, and the savings projected by the audit. Based on a roughly $6800 set of measures (all donated and at no cost to the Hartfords) it looks like simple payback would be about 4 years. That said, the crew feels the 46% projected energy reduction is beatable. We’ll know more when we test out, possibly as soon as tomorrow.

Comment on Energy Policy for Low-Income Homeowners by Follow Up to LIHEAP Post | DemandSideSolutions

Follow Up to LIHEAP Post | DemandSideSolutions — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:04:53 +0000

[...] convenient (albeit indirect) follow-up to my previous post was written for me by Alex T at MarginalRevolution. He links to a NYT article on the welfare state [...]

Comment on Enough Pain to Spend $$ on Upgrades? by Withering away? | DemandSideSolutions

Withering away? | DemandSideSolutions — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:30:24 +0000

[...] to a lack of pain, The Green Building Curmudgeon makes this, likely correct, prediction: The big question is, what [...]

Comment on Carbon Tax and Markets for Retrofit by Scott

Scott — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 16:34:12 +0000

No comment.

Comment on From the “money well spent” department by I Was Wrong? | DemandSideSolutions

I Was Wrong? | DemandSideSolutions — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:37:07 +0000

[...] in November 2010 I posted (ENR link now broken) that I couldn’t believe MGM would actually demolish the Harmon Hotel, [...]

Comment on Perverse Incentives by Here’s another perverse incentive for ya’ll…. | DemandSideSolutions

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:24:26 +0000

[...] posted this perverse incentive a while ago. Here’s another (hat tip Energy Vanguard’s tweet, via [...]

Comment on One way to reduce demand….. by mike

mike — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 00:29:23 +0000

True, not in the commonly understood sense of the word.

Comment on One way to reduce demand….. by Scott

Scott — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 15:54:30 +0000

i wouldn’t call them air-conditioned, but i suppose it gets the job done