Re: [gardeners] OT Gas Prices
lneuru (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Fri, 15 Dec 2000 14:57:37 -0500
We have that in Nova Scotia, George. Or most of it. The house is old wood
frame and we are insulating, but it does have wood heat, a well, and a
cesspit - on the other siide of the house from the well:) I think we'll
be seeing more solar energy in the very near future. Windows are
strategically placed to get the often very warm afternoon sun, which will
warm up a corner to about 80 degrees, even if the air temps are lower. The
old-timers who did not have electricity and PUCs knew what they were
doing.
A friend up in the Bruce Peninsula (piney woods on the escarpment, very
*north*) has an earth shelter home, built into side of a small hill and
with old tires filled with earth. Works very well, and once the decorating
is done, it need not look any different than any other pineywoods home.
I don't think any type of home is unworkable; what one doesn't want to do
is be dependent on purchased energy if it can be avoided.
Lucinda
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> From: Shirley,George <gshirley@deltech.net>
> To: gardeners@globalgarden.com
> Subject: Re: [gardeners] OT Gas Prices
> Date: Friday, December 15, 2000 12:57 PM
>
> I'm 61 and willhave to retire one of these days. Seriously thinking piney
woods,
> earthshelter home, wood stove, wind and solar generation, water well
drilled
> inside the house for protection from weather. Of course I don't have the
bucks
> required to do all those things but it doesn't hurt to dream. I went out
and
> bought a lottery ticket today, something we seldom do. Maybe we can get
rich
> quick and thumb our noses at the poor people. Yeah, sure!
>
> George
>
> Ron Hay wrote:
> >
> > I hear you, George! My 82 y.o. mother in law in Chula Vista,CA, a
suburb
> > of San Diego, saw her electric rate more than double this summer. It
> > made her worry if she could afford to cook meals!
> >
> > Ron