Excellent article on energy use

[chuckChuck]

Efficiency gains are constantly being made in modern construction. Old brick buildings were not even insulated. Passive solar might be great for 3 hours in the winter, the other 21 hours its a thermal liability. In the summer passive solar creates unwanted heat and A/C becomes necessary. Triple pane Low E windows work well the other 21 hours. 95% efficiency furnaces, air tight envelopes, heat recovery ventilation is code. Spray foaming basement joist spaces, eliminating thermal transfer. The list goes on and on. Solar panel technology is just not ready. Btw I have solar thermal, photovolaic panels and a windmill at my home. Would I recommend it for everyone, nope.

Passive solar design has to include enough thermal mass to stabilize temperatures. That can be accomplished in a variety of ways. Our upper level is warm and our lower level living space with lots of thermal mass is cool year round because of a cement floor.

Spring and fall are typically the most overheated times because the sun is low and the heating requirement is small.

I know this because I built a passive solar house and overheating is an issue. In the summer months when window shading is usually adequate it is an issue because good triple pane low E argon windows are still only R 6 at best. Maybe there are better windows but even R 8 is not that great. But a wall of windows is poor insulation against 30 C

Cooking, inhabitants, lighting, appliances, TVs all give off a fair amount of heat even the new efficient ones.

Adequate ventilation solves most of the problems except for a few days of the year.

Net Zero house design must have solved alot of these problems. Go read up on them.

Solar is here, it is being used more and more and denying that it can play a role in energy production flys in the face of fact.

Will it solve all our energy needs? No! Does coal provide all our energy needs? No

[Robertbarlage]

Chuck and grass what do u use to heat your house? all solar? or wind?

[Klause]

"You and grassy both spout a lot of stuff but have zero real world experience or knowledge...."

Ya right Klaus. With all your vast knowledge and experience why are you still driving truck in the oil patch to supplement your lack of farm income? You should be CEO of Suncor by now! LOL

Umm.

I don't drive truck in the oil patch nor have I ever...?

And that's the only come back you had...


It's a shame.

[grassfarmer]

"You and grassy both spout a lot of stuff but have zero real world experience or knowledge...."

Ya right Klaus. With all your vast knowledge and experience why are you still driving truck in the oil patch to supplement your lack of farm income? You should be CEO of Suncor by now! LOL

I don't think he drives truck in the oil patch chuck chuck - he claims to be a directional driller in the oil patch, a truck driver and custom sprayer in the grain patch, an international negotiator and shipper of farm products around the world direct to end customers, someone who performs advanced computer electronic adaptions learned on YouTube, an expert in the field of soil amendments and alternate crop production practices, a salesman of Russian made tractors (sorry, that was last year - now it's South American tractors), an expert on farming in several countries around the world - and yet has still time to keep us all right on Agriville among other internet forums he participates in.
I like youthful enthusiasm but sometimes the BS is just piled too deep to be believable.

[Klause]

I don't think he drives truck in the oil patch chuck chuck - he claims to be a directional driller in the oil patch, a truck driver and custom sprayer in the grain patch, an international negotiator and shipper of farm products around the world direct to end customers, someone who performs advanced computer electronic adaptions learned on YouTube, an expert in the field of soil amendments and alternate crop production practices, a salesman of Russian made tractors (sorry, that was last year - now it's South American tractors), an expert on farming in several countries around the world - and yet has still time to keep us all right on Agriville among other internet forums he participates in.
I like youthful enthusiasm but sometimes the BS is just piled too deep to be believable.

Um... I've never sold tractors...


Prove anything I say wrong.

As far as what I do... Well lots of members know me in real life unlike you two.


But hey whatever makes you feel good.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Umm.

I don't drive truck in the oil patch nor have I ever...?

And that's the only come back you had...


It's a shame.

I don't recall Chuck ever making an agricultural related comment on here, just comments when defending the CAGW agenda. We are all free to draw our own conclusions, but it may be that Chuck's income source has nothing to do with farming, therefore, insulting a hard working entrepreneur who is building a farm against all odds in this environment, with a comment like that is completely uncalled for.

[grassfarmer]

Um... I've never sold tractors...

You were promoting them pretty hard for a while until you changed your tune.

[Sheepwheat]

I don't recall Chuck ever making an agricultural related comment on here, just comments when defending the CAGW agenda. We are all free to draw our own conclusions, but it may be that Chuck's income source has nothing to do with farming, therefore, insulting a hard working entrepreneur who is building a farm against all odds in this environment, with a comment like that is completely uncalled for.

I think chuck chuck could well be Nettie Weibe.

[blackpowder]

I for one have seldom been in the company of finer assholes.

[blackpowder]

I read the article as best a Neanderthal can.
Of course new home construction could be designed around more efficiency.
Let the market decide. It would seem we aren't changing fast enough for some.
Hence the Black Swan event mentioned by the author. Coincidence??
How could we more easily afford modern changes in building??
Billions a year in energy exports is an easy one that comes to mind.