abelard
2/7/2013 1:22:00 PM
On Wed, 6 Feb 2013 19:22:32 -0600, "NotMe" <me@privacy.net> wrote:
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>"abelard" <abelard3@abelard.org> wrote in message
>news:kef4h8h4majki497lpun09t6k71ab1r5td@4ax.com...
>> On Wed, 6 Feb 2013 06:04:44 -0500, "BurfordTJustice"
>> <burford@hubdub.mo> wrote:
>>
>>>Moonbat Tech: Eco-Homes Magically Double Energy Bills
>>>One marvel of moonbat technology is that by living in a green home, Brits
>>>can double their energy bills:
>>>
>>> They were described as the 'homes of the future', with an eco-friendly
>>>design that would keep bills low.
>>>
>>> The 45 super-insulated houses, built with ?5.6million [almost $9
>>> million]
>>>of public money, were even held up as a 'model' of
>>>environmentally-friendly
>>>construction.
>>>
>>> But 18 months after the social housing complex in Bradford was
>>> completed,
>>>residents have complained of bills that are double what is normal and
>>>faulty equipment that was supposed to save them money.
>>>
>>>Resident Danny Hall's experience appears to be typical:
>>>
>>> 'We weren't really told what expected bills would be but with solar
>>>panels, heat exhaust and all this fancy stuff you would expect it to be
>>>considerably lower than what we used to pay.'
>>>
>>> Instead the family received a ?1,600 [over $2,500!] bill after six
>>> months.
>>>
>>> Energy bills were almost double what they paid at their previous home,
>>> he said.
>>>
>>> When the family moved in, there was no water in the toilets because the
>>>water recycling system had not been activated.
>>>
>>> When it was turned on, water 'poured through the light fittings'.
>>>
>>>If Moe, Larry, and Curly didn't build the house, it must have been Big
>>>Government.
>>>
>>>In addition to solar panels and an "eco-heat exhaust pump" to reuse stale
>>>air, the houses feature rainwater-harvesting systems and a "communal
>>>biomass
>>>boiler." At least if B.S. counts as biomass, greenies will never encounter
>>>a fuel shortage.
>>>
>>>One day, after sufficiently powerful computers have been developed,
>>>someone
>>>will calculate just how much money has been wasted on green energy idiocy.
>>
>> that tirade has the smell of fiction!
>
>It's a poor workman that blames his tools. We had, until recently, a place
>in the Appalachian mountains that was 100% off grid for near 20 years. We had
>a back up gen set that was only run as part of a maintance program never
>used otherwise.
>
>When we sold the place we got back a multiple of the cost of the green
>energy investment.
>
>I would say that the planning and design of the system hammered was poor not
>the technology.
interesting post...thanx..
the first article has several clues that suggest fiction
45 houses...$9 million...a trivial amount in terms of gov't money...
$200,000 per house? no details of what it was on...
contractors on the fiddle? or made up!...
large increase in bills? it's nonsense...maybe creative accounting
or an error in the bill
'water poured through the light fittings'....an urban myth i've
heard several times...
i'll bet on it being dishonest/fiction