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So Much For 'Energy Star' Ratings
Always had a feeling 'Energy Star' ratings were a mostly bogus hype...
looks like I was right. http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.../03/26/2322208 Erik |
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So Much For 'Energy Star' Ratings
Let the Record show that Erik on or about Sat, 27 Mar
2010 17:21:39 -0700 did write/type or cause to appear in rec.crafts.metalworking the following: Always had a feeling 'Energy Star' ratings were a mostly bogus hype... looks like I was right. http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.../03/26/2322208 I like the gasoline powered pencil sharpener. Dang if I don't wish I had thought of that. pyotr - pyotr filipivich We will drink no whiskey before its nine. It's eight fifty eight. Close enough! |
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So Much For 'Energy Star' Ratings
Erik wrote:
Always had a feeling 'Energy Star' ratings were a mostly bogus hype... looks like I was right. http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.../03/26/2322208 Erik Someone is going to get fired at GAO for embarassing government. Wes |
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So Much For 'Energy Star' Ratings
On Sun, 28 Mar 2010 10:43:16 -0500, the infamous Wes
scrawled the following: Erik wrote: Always had a feeling 'Energy Star' ratings were a mostly bogus hype... looks like I was right. http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.../03/26/2322208 Erik Someone is going to get fired at GAO for embarassing government. The exact opposite should happen. Fire the gov't and keep the GAO. -- "Not always right, but never uncertain." --Heinlein -=-=- |
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So Much For 'Energy Star' Ratings
Erik writes:
Always had a feeling 'Energy Star' ratings were a mostly bogus hype. I documented this years ago: http://groups.google.com/group/alt.h...db11dd714d3ce8 |
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So Much For 'Energy Star' Ratings
The DOE energy ratings may have meant something initially, but they don't
seem to be worthwhile anymore. The DOE isn't a consumer product testing agency, so there probably isn't any data that's related to real-life applications. In the end, the consumers are the ones expected to do the actual testing (as with most products today). I realized that ES energy star ratings for new windows was very poor when I was looking a the acceptable air leakage specifications found at the DOE website about 12 years ago. The permissable amount of air leakage for new windows was very bad, IMO. The acceptable amount of leakage for 1 common sized window was enough leakage to allow all of the interior air to be exchanged in a 12x12x8' room in about 8 hours, IIRC (when weather conditions were a little windy). I'm not sure now, about the amount of time required for the complete exchange to take place, but it was a somewhat alarming rate, considering that many rooms have more than 1 window (or more than 1 large window). Most likely, the air leakage is based on design data submitted by the window manufacturer, and any manufacturing defects, improper installation or design changes could lead to even more alarming leakage levels. Certainly, most windows will likely leak more air after they've been used (worn seals, improper alignment of seals, etc). The ES ratings generally exploit the public's ignorance of basic science (about 7th grade science), but this is true for many ratings.. horsepower ratings, for example. Most consumers can't actually measure a window's air leakage, or many of the other values/specs printed in manufacturers' literature or ratings numbers. Leakage and air infiltration of windows are significant factors in energy usage, or more accurately as energy wasting. -- WB .......... "Erik" wrote in message ... Always had a feeling 'Energy Star' ratings were a mostly bogus hype... looks like I was right. http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.../03/26/2322208 Erik |
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So Much For 'Energy Star' Ratings
On Mar 30, 7:43*am, "Wild_Bill" wrote:
... Always had a feeling 'Energy Star' ratings were a mostly bogus hype... looks like I was right.... I'm waiting for the same expose of "green" and "organic". The media was rather quiet about the connection between E. Coli, Salmonella and organic fertilizer. jsw who cooks everything thoroughly |
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So Much For 'Energy Star' Ratings
On Mar 30, 7:43*am, "Wild_Bill" wrote:
... Leakage and air infiltration of windows are significant factors in energy usage, or more accurately as energy wasting. Air infiltration is a compromise between energy loss and "proper" ventilation: http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/ai...oom-d_867.html Like police vs fire recommendations for ease of access they conflict wildly. jsw |
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So Much For 'Energy Star' Ratings
On Tue, 30 Mar 2010 05:44:02 -0700 (PDT), the infamous Jim Wilkins
scrawled the following: On Mar 30, 7:43*am, "Wild_Bill" wrote: ... Always had a feeling 'Energy Star' ratings were a mostly bogus hype... looks like I was right.... I'm waiting for the same expose of "green" and "organic". Ayup. Theoretically, both are good things, but reality often differs. The media was rather quiet about the connection between E. Coli, Salmonella and organic fertilizer. I watched the movie _Food, Inc._ the other day and discovered that the existence of E. coli O157:H7 was brought about by feeding corn to steers. It existed nowhere else until then. I don't eat hamburgers any longer, but that movie would have scared me out of them if nothing else had. The burger meat is rinsed in ammonia several times which may kill up to 80% of the E. coli. Feeding the cows grass for a couple weeks eliminates even more of the bacteria, but that's too expensive. If I do buy burger in the future, it'll be organic, grass-fed beef. -- Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile I caught hell for. -- Earl Warren |
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So Much For 'Energy Star' Ratings
Yikes, some of the recommended air exchange rates at the website you
suggested, seem like kite flying conditions. The ductwork for such air handling volumes would probably take up a large portion of a building's structure. I would think that imbalances would be very annoying to eardrums, maybe sinuses, too. -- WB .......... "Jim Wilkins" wrote in message ... On Mar 30, 7:43 am, "Wild_Bill" wrote: ... Leakage and air infiltration of windows are significant factors in energy usage, or more accurately as energy wasting. Air infiltration is a compromise between energy loss and "proper" ventilation: http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/ai...oom-d_867.html Like police vs fire recommendations for ease of access they conflict wildly. jsw |
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So Much For 'Energy Star' Ratings
On Apr 3, 5:48*pm, Steve Ackman
wrote: ... * I'm just perverse enough that if I see two products side by side, I buy the one without the federally approved marketing scheme label attached. But, but, you haven't been empowered to feel smug and superior. You'll have to do it entirely on your own without permission. |
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So Much For 'Energy Star' Ratings
On Sat, 3 Apr 2010 16:31:43 -0700 (PDT), the infamous Jim Wilkins
scrawled the following: On Apr 3, 5:48*pm, Steve Ackman wrote: ... * I'm just perverse enough that if I see two products side by side, I buy the one without the federally approved marketing scheme label attached. But, but, you haven't been empowered to feel smug and superior. You'll have to do it entirely on your own without permission. Doesn't the Organic label also allow you to charge quadruple the price for the same stuff anyone else sells without the label, all while feeling smug and superior and sustainable and LoCarbon? I'm checking for wheat allergies so I bought a loaf of wheat-free (rice) bread in the local organic place today. When I got to the checker, I just about crapped my pants when it rang up at $5.19. I bought it, 'cuz I'm out of bread, but I sure as hell won't be back for more. -- It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change. -- Charles Darwin |
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So Much For 'Energy Star' Ratings
Larry Jaques wrote:
But, but, you haven't been empowered to feel smug and superior. You'll have to do it entirely on your own without permission. Doesn't the Organic label also allow you to charge quadruple the price for the same stuff anyone else sells without the label, all while feeling smug and superior and sustainable and LoCarbon? Only if you drive to the store to buy it in your Prius. Southpark had a great episode on Smug. Wes |
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So Much For 'Energy Star' Ratings
On Apr 4, 3:57*am, Wes wrote:
Larry Jaques wrote: But, but, you haven't been empowered to feel smug and superior. You'll have to do it entirely on your own without permission. Doesn't the Organic label also allow you to charge quadruple the price for the same stuff anyone else sells without the label, all while feeling smug and superior and sustainable and LoCarbon? Only if you drive to the store to buy it in your Prius. *Southpark had a great episode on Smug. Wes The disconnect between the people who demand that stuff and those who provide it is really funny. If you met the crew who built these you might mistake us for a biker gang: http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2010...rban-mobility/ jsw |
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So Much For 'Energy Star' Ratings
On Apr 4, 12:47*am, Larry Jaques wrote:
On Sat, 3 Apr 2010 16:31:43 -0700 (PDT), the infamous Jim Wilkins scrawled the following: On Apr 3, 5:48 pm, Steve Ackman wrote: ... I'm just perverse enough that if I see two products side by side, I buy the one without the federally approved marketing scheme label attached. But, but, you haven't been empowered to feel smug and superior. You'll have to do it entirely on your own without permission. Doesn't the Organic label also allow you to charge quadruple the price for the same stuff anyone else sells without the label, all while feeling smug and superior and sustainable and LoCarbon? I'm checking for wheat allergies so I bought a loaf of wheat-free (rice) bread in the local organic place today. When I got to the checker, I just about crapped my pants when it rang up at $5.19. I bought it, 'cuz I'm out of bread, but I sure as hell won't be back for more. -- It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * -- Charles Darwin How would you like it if you were really allergic to wheat products - and I mean REALLY allergic, anaphylatic shock kind of allergic - and, due to lack of government regulation, food producers were able to put anything they want on labels, or NOT put anything they want on labels, including the fact that the rice cakes you bought were produced in a factory that also handles wheat? Food could be a lot cheaper if we'd just get rid of those pesky USDA meat inspectors. Damned government. |
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So Much For 'Energy Star' Ratings
On Sun, 4 Apr 2010 04:31:58 -0700 (PDT), the infamous Jim Wilkins
scrawled the following: On Apr 4, 3:57*am, Wes wrote: Larry Jaques wrote: But, but, you haven't been empowered to feel smug and superior. You'll have to do it entirely on your own without permission. Doesn't the Organic label also allow you to charge quadruple the price for the same stuff anyone else sells without the label, all while feeling smug and superior and sustainable and LoCarbon? Only if you drive to the store to buy it in your Prius. *Southpark had a great episode on Smug. Wes The disconnect between the people who demand that stuff and those who provide it is really funny. If you met the crew who built these you might mistake us for a biker gang: http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2010...rban-mobility/ Meanwhile, Obama Motors unveils the economical, new Cadillac wagon. "The Sport Wagon comes with all the things that make the CTS-V sedan one of the world’s fastest four-doors, including a 556-horsepower supercharged V-8, available 6-speed manual shifter, magnetic computer suspension, Recaro seats, Brembo brakes – and now, a power lift-gate to go with a top speed of roughly 185 miles per hour. The CTS-V wagon should reach dealers at the tail end of 2011. With the sedan starting at $61,545, the wagon version should stay below $65,000, about $30,000 less than the new Mercedes-Benz E63 wagon, if Benz ever decided to import it here." http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/29/cadillac-reveals-550-horsepower-cts-v-sport-wagon/ Damnit, the effin' NYT wouldn't let me shorten that url. Just what most Cadillac owners want: a manual trans and a clutch. -- In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: They must be fit for it. They must not do too much of it. And they must have a sense of success in it. -- John Ruskin, Pre-Raphaelitism, 1850 |
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So Much For 'Energy Star' Ratings
On Apr 4, 12:47*am, Larry Jaques wrote:
I'm checking for wheat allergies so I bought a loaf of wheat-free (rice) bread in the local organic place today. When I got to the checker, I just about crapped my pants when it rang up at $5.19. I bought it, 'cuz I'm out of bread, but I sure as hell won't be back for more. It is worse than that. When you make a sandwich using your rice bread, be sure to hold it in both hands when you eat it. Rice bread has no strength, so if you do not hold it carefully, it will fall apart. There used to be a soy carob bread that was much superior to rice bread. But the company that made it stopped manufacturing it. Dan |
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