Van Chocstraw wrote:
Tony Hwang wrote:
Van Chocstraw wrote:
Tony Hwang wrote:
Van Chocstraw wrote:
Tony Hwang wrote:
Van Chocstraw wrote:
Stormin Mormon wrote:
Please forgive me while I troll for a moment.....

Is it energy saving to turn the thermostat down, when leaving the
house? I mean, the furnace has to run to catch up when I get
home. I
have a way of looking at the matter. I'll explain my point of view
after the argument is underway.


Six of one, half dozen of the other. Depends on how long you are
gone.
Leaving the thermostat at a steady temperature saves energy. On the
other hand, a lower difference between the inside wall and the
outside
wall means lower heat loss. So lowering the thermostat does save
energy
in the long run. Now, constantly raising and lowering the
temperature
for short periods wastes energy. When you raise it you have to
reheat
not only the heating system but the entire inside wall, floor and
ceiling not to mention all the furniture and appliances. When you
lower
the thermostat, all those items lose all their heat again the
heat is
drawn out into the room and the room loses it through the walls
to the
outside. So....use your little noggin.
Wow,
Where are you coming from? The lower the setting the longer the
setting. You save energy. I am talking about how much saving. Just
it saves. Our 'stat is set to 17C from midnight. Back up to 20C at
7 in
the morning. It does make a difference. Now our NG price is 3.80 per
GigaJoule. Electricity is 7 cents/KWh

I like my house 80 degrees all the time. I burn pellets and wood.
Screw saving energy. I'm not gonna pay for fuel and freeze my ****ing
ass off.
Hmm,
So you are a polluter. Where I live wood burning is no, no. Fire
places are all NG burning. Even my cabin in the woods have NG FP.
One who lives in past century! 80 degrees? You must have some kind of
medical condition. Or are running around naked in the house?

FACT: NG is a C02 polluter, wood and wood pellets are not. WOod is
carbon neutr

So how many trees have you planted in your life time?
Even spent a time in forestry camp in your younger days planting
seedlings? Very hard work.

You don't need to plant ****. If you stop using a field for farming it
soon turns into forest. I have see this all through my life. Fields I
use to play in and slide on in the winter are all woods now with trees
50 years old.

People like you are called part of problem.