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| naturalliver 2005-12-24, 4:21 pm |
| I recently moved to an area that is very windy and much to my supris it
has made my energy bills higher than I thought. I think the wind
captures more heat from my house. What alternatives are out there for
wind power? Is there anything affordable you can use in and urban
setting? I'd need something that will fit in my backyard and not
suprise my neighbors too much. Thanks fo any insight.
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| Ashley Clarke 2005-12-24, 7:21 pm |
| "naturalliver" <shoppingladyzip@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1135455038.751343.92820@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> I recently moved to an area that is very windy and much to my supris it
> has made my energy bills higher than I thought. I think the wind
> captures more heat from my house. What alternatives are out there for
> wind power? Is there anything affordable you can use in and urban
> setting? I'd need something that will fit in my backyard and not
> suprise my neighbors too much. Thanks fo any insight.
>
I rather liked the post some while back here about using vertical flags.
They could be made into a fence/ wind-brake too.
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| There's no arguing about it, you must upgrade airtightness and
insulation, getting windpower and turning it into thermal heat is an
expensive and losing proposition. You must preserve the low temp energy
in your house- rather than squander concentrated electrical energy
that could be used for fridges and lights, Consider if possible, to
sheath your building in styrofoam and the cover it with stucco- much
cheaper than upgrading internal insulation. If it's done right, a house
on a hill shouldn't cost more than 10% to heat than one in a valley.
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| meow2222@care2.com 2005-12-26, 5:21 am |
| Ashley Clarke wrote:
> I rather liked the post some while back here about using vertical flags.
> They could be made into a fence/ wind-brake too.
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> Ashley Clarke
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I googled but nothing came up with those words. Do you know which
thread it was?
thanks, NT
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