Posts by mountain

  Quote: Originally Posted by Dana Nuccitelli  Iceland has stepped back from hydrogen, and they're more likely to pursue electric vehicles...

Absolutely! Address the plums first.   But it is important to consider people's values before handing them an assessment they may find boring, difficult to swallow or even insulting.   A) Do the home-owners sincerely...

The ski-area where I am an electrician is presently expanding the night-skiing terrain in a two-year project. I received a sales call from a firm selling the new induction lighting. This is actually old stuff, coming back to the...

Three years ago we built our house, based on green values.> It's small (820 sq ft (1 BR, 1 bath) + 140 sq ft loft-office). Only 2 of us live here.> It was built using formaldehyde free materials> Designed from the start to be...

I'm sure there are some hollywood stars with sincere intent towards doing their part to live a exemplary sustainable life. But the Hollywood stereotype of excessive life-styles & massive mansions communicates a value set that is...

Mr. heretic's comments step outside the boundaries of respectful & rational discussion. One should never argue with an irrational person... as it can become indistinguishable whom is whom.

Quote:Originally Posted by Russ The only limitation is that you need consumers located nearby to use the warm air.The  1st target customer is a 106 unit luxury condo that has a 1000 kVA pad-mount transformer (mine) sitting...

I presently have on my desk, 2  quotations for distribution transformers, both of which meet the present CSA standard for 99.6% transformer efficiency (at rated load). Here is some good reading...

Just got the Feb meter-reading, and energy usage is down far more than can be attributed to the 2 solar-thermal panels. The winter started out very cold, but now it's been very warm in BC for the past 2 months (because of the winter...

Hello AndyNo electricity or gas meter?You're allowed to read your energy meters yourself, the displays are very simple. No need to wait for any bill.Old electromechanical electricity meters are a puzzle to some folks, because half the...