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Comment on Utah: On the Cutting Edge of Conservation

ann arky — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:38:13 GMT

Perhaps liquor should be listed as the only essential service and the others relegated to non-essential.

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Comment on Free Hot Water Costs Too Much

Sue — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:22:11 GMT

Hi Dj, I know realgoods.com has a Heliodyne solar collector @ $975. I think you also need a mounting bracket, pump & storage tank -- they also have a book on DIY. But the "build you own for $50" is hard to beat.

Comment on Utah: On the Cutting Edge of Conservation

Sue — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:06:17 GMT

i like the part about state liquor stores being an essential service, akin to fire & police protection.

Comment on Free Hot Water Costs Too Much

DJ — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:24:42 GMT

I first got interested in solar hot water because we have a 3" black plastic irrigation hose about a quarter mile long. One spring day I went to water the trees then growing out back (this was pre-goats). The water coming out was too hot to touch!

The question is, how to harness that energy...

Comment on The Bottom May Be Close...

DJ — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:21:20 GMT

Not to me. They're just another Wal-Mart, coming to town and putting the locals out of business. Except Wal-Mart carries stuff I need that no one else in town does. Starbucks doesn't carry much of anything I can eat or drink (I gave up both coffee and sugar years ago-- the locals, this being Mormon country, always have non-coffee alternatives). And Starbucks charges for internet access. Go home, I say!

Comment on Free Hot Water Costs Too Much

DJ — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:16:13 GMT

Thanks. We get Mother Earth News and love it. I plan to look at a DIY system, even though as an accountant I'm better at figuring costs than at tasks such as plumbing. Our system would necessarily be more complex than some because of the extreme cold weather we get in winter, which requires a heat exchanger/reservoir type system. (Most in northern states would need this.)

Comment on Free Hot Water Costs Too Much

Sheila Mitchell — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:39:44 GMT

When Fran Ferry had the kennel in Grafton, she also had a swimming pool. She used black plastic tubing coiled over the kennel roof to provide lots of warm water for the pool and for cleaning. I know by experience that our garden hose has a lot of very hot water when we first turn on the faucet, just by sitting in the hose in the sun. Winter in NH is a different story, of course. We cannot leave the hoses hooked up.
Mom

Comment on The Bottom May Be Close...

Kevin Schrishiphan — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:51:49 GMT

Starbucks is closing 600 stores but opening up 300 new ones. The real reason for the closing is the lawsuit that was brought against them about tip sharing. Most of the stores they are closing are associated with the lawsuit and the stores they are opening will be under a different name, sheltering their profits from future lawsuits. It's the truth the media does not care to tell. That and the impact their stores have on the environment. But they lean left and have green advertisements so they are off limits.