Archive for January, 2007
Wednesday, January 31st, 2007
Recount
As if anyone really cares, I actually checked out my numbers on the heat pump. It turns out that at full tilt boogie, the compressor, fan, and water pump pull 2.9kW. This lowers the cost-per-hour to $0.1531, making it an incredible cost savings over gas. In cold weather, most heat pumps switch over to electrical [...]
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Wednesday, January 31st, 2007
Let’s Talk Health
We are what we eat, right? There is a very interesting article over at the New York Times. It is a look at how science has, over the years, worked to make our diet “better.” What the article points out is that as we have fooled around with our food in the name of nutrition, [...]
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Sunday, January 21st, 2007
Hey Good Lookin’, Want to Contango?
Odd sort of word, isn’t it? I came across the term while doing a bit of comparison shopping. Just to warn you, for most, this discussion is about to get tediously boring. What I wanted to do was compare the cost of heating our home with the heat pump we have to an equivalent amount [...]