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Yes, these are interesting units with interesting problems--if you are talking about the new water heaters with heat pumps mounted on top of them....
No, electricity is about 35% efficient overall (in the U.S.) Newer combined cycle plants can hit about 60%. You still have ~7.5% transmission...
That's great if you only need to dry a single load per day when the weather is nice and predictable. Show the background as gray cloudy skies,...
Trust me, the Japanese automakers already believe the average U.S. driver is a moron. And I have to agree with them most of the time. Do you...
I've worked with hydrogen industrially so I have some respect for it (I have designed and operated numerous types of hydrogenation reactors among...
Ideal would be outlasting the engine and transaxle. I suspect the battery longevity depends very much on conditions plus time...not to mention...
I guess now is a good time to interject that a well integrated dryer could be quite an efficiency improvement. For example if all of the drying...
That's a tough question. Cost efficient or CO2 efficient? The answers could differ depending on the source of electricity. Propane is a tougher...
Seems to be a theme today. We've got one poster who can't see how a topic about energy conservation would be relevant and another who sees...
Precisely. Adding to that, once you have a published metric it becomes an incentive to finding ways to differentiate and improve...as in reducing...
So you admit you started off with a faulty assumption and continued to make more. And you can't be bothered to fix an appliance or even notice...
You can't be serious! Are you telling me that energy conservation is not relevant to the "Environmental Discussion" forum? Please explain...
The average person isn't real bright. Couple that with the short term thinking that most people have and you are in a world of hurt. You can...
Partially correct as best I can tell: 1. Incandescents put much of that heat in places that don't need it so the efficiency is nowhere near 100%....
This I agree with. The Canadian report is full of self-contradiction. If any climate would benefit from the safe heat recovery indoors, it is our...
Yes, parroting. When you repeat something back verbatim without even thinking about it or considering what was originally posted it is simply...
Wanna bet?! What you really need to do is have standardized measuring and reporting of actual energy use so that consumers can decide if a feature...
Okay, this seems like an absurd hole in the Energy Star ratings and Energy Guides to me. Why don't we have Energy Star ratings for dryers? There...
Isn't that advice a bit late? This thread is from last year...
Important tip for you: Make sure that the service ticket/receipt has an adequate description of what you are seeing (erratic energy...
