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- chaosmachine, on 10/12/2007, -3/+25overclock your computer..
- quickgold192, on 10/12/2007, -1/+21"Upgrade your windows"
Unfortunately they don't give a recommendation on which edition to get...
I suppose Home Premium? - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+17Burn witches instead of logs.
- dankoleary, on 10/12/2007, -5/+151) Move to Southern California.
- kirashira, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11@IcyStorm
Suck it up you big pussy. I live in Vancouver. - mindwalker, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9"1) Move to Southern California."
...and triple your housing costs while you lower your heating bill slightly! - spahn, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11if she weighs the same as a duck!
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10Well duh! When you're fishing logs out of the water, you'll see them floating right next to the logs!
- jaydj, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8I've worked in Phoenix you poor bastard.
- nicku, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Of course missing from the list: Turn Down The Heat.
- bluebri, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8But how do we know if she's a witch?
- Urusai, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7"Also, she says using cold water to wash your clothes can save up to $68 dollars a year on water heating bills."
You can save even more money by beating your clothes on rocks down by the river. - aschapm, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6also missing: wear a sweater.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Too bad these suggestions are for home owners and not apartment dwelling San Francisco residents :(
- jaydj, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Or don't wash your clothes at all....
mmm... cozy heat generating bacteria.... - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5my 6 tips for saving heating bill.
6.paint your entire house black,
5. cut down all the trees in your yard
4. drink... a lot
3. eat wasabi for breakfast lunch and dinner
2. hold a flag/book/bra burning party
1. get a fat mate. - Rayor, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6@ those who are digging spahn down:
He's making a reference to Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
You are a disgrace to the internet. - yukondar, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4winter fast approaching? In the Yukon it has been -45C already. There is no way to shrink a heating bill in that weather besides moving to the tropics...
- jamessavik, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Get yourself a nice fat cat. They are like heating pads on cold nights and they are rough on mice.
- ahawks, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3hell yes for warm clothes. I dropped $40 on a nice robe a few days ago, and wear it around the house. My thermostat has gone down from 71' to about 67'.
- GoldenGopher1, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Anyone that preaches about going green, using solar, reducing depenedence on oil (foreign or not), etc. should take care of these steps first. It is soooo much cheaper and effective to reduce energy consumption as opposed to finding alternative energy production. Not the most insightful article, but dugg since it brings attention to a fundamental problem in our society today - over-consumption.
/gets off his soapbox :) - pyrojoe42, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4I logged in just to digg that comment.
I curse my oc'd computer in the summer and bless it in the winter. - ahawks, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2That was.. just... wrong on so many counts :P
- nick0909, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Not showering also keeps you warmer. The oils you wash off with soap prevent water evaporation, which in turns prevents your skin from cooling naturally. So, keep that thermostat low, don't waste hot water showering, and think of the money you will save!
- DiamondIce, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2kirashira, since when was Vancouver cold? When it snows there it makes the front page news for at least a week.
/northern albertan good humored jab - CeeJayDK, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I live on the top floor of an apartment building , this gets me some free heat from the apartments below me (heat rises). It saves me a bit in the wintertime but it's hell in the summertime.
Some more tips on saving heat that the article missed :
1) Wear warmer clothes .. most importantly keep your torso and your feet warm.
So wear a sweater and some warm socks and perhaps some slippers too.
2) Heat only what you need. Close the doors to rooms you don't use often and turn of the heat in those rooms.
3) For some houses or buildings using a heat exchanger in the ventilation can some you a lot. Here's a wiki article on how it works : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_recovery_ventilation
4) Change your method of heating to a more efficient and cheaper one.
Coal and electricity are among the least energy efficient types of heating.
Oil is usually average , and natural gas and district heating is among the more efficient types.
This all depends on your installation and the price and availability in your area though.
Solar can be a good alternative , as ones the system is installed you basically get the heat for free. The initial cost can be high though.
Ordinary wood can also be highly efficient with the right installation - worth consider if you have access to some cheap lumber. It's often also best to combine this with a heat exchange to get a more even distribution of the heat throughout the house. - jakeadams, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2My house doesnt have heater. Love Phoenix winter.
- dep01, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2HOORAY. 6 completely common sense ways to cut heating bills. Whooptie-*****-Doo. NO DIGG.
- vanchuck, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I'm living in a school in China right now, and they have a very inexpensive AND eco-friendly heating system here... they have no heat! (it's 1C here right now)
Put on some warm clothes and suck it up-- that's as green as it gets :-)
Of course, the do this only because it's cheap, not because they even know the first thing about protecting the environment. Besides, this eco-friendly approach is completely offset by the fact that they burn coal to cook the school's food and that they put all the school's garbage (mostly plastic) in a pit out back and burn it, since it might cost a few cents to ship it off to a dump.
[aside: ...The sight of kids playing by poking around in a flaming heap of plastic makes me cringe -- I've told them "er, I'm pretty sure that causes cancer, you're a gonna die!", but they just don't get it- they smile at the crazy foreigner and go back to inhaling those delicious plastic fumes. This recent economic boom has given many Chinese all the modern amenities and technology, but they seem to completely lack the knowledge or sense to use it responsibly] - Zidul, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3What you should do is turn your house into a hostel, but only invite 'good' people. they'll pay you, plus their body heat will warm the house.
Another thing you can do, is cover your house in Black. anything Black, so the light heats it more.
Live the winters in your basement. turn the heat off in the top floors, and save alot of money. the ground will keep the basement warmer longer.
Make like the internet, and get a series of tubes,flexible ones. run them ALL around the house, and CONNECT ONE end to your mouth, with ELASTICS around your head so it stays attached. breathe in though your NOSE, exhale though ur MOUTH. the heat from your breath will slowly (BUT SURELY) travel though the tubes, WARMING your house for FREE.
you can thank me later. - mcphatty, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2yay for free heat in my apartment (as i turn the heat up to 76)
michigan gets coooold. - AeonTorpor, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2It sucks being Phoenix 'conditioned' though, it's 68F in my house at night and I'm freezing!
- Geekbeard, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I've always used cold water. It's just as effective assuming you've got a quality washing machine.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2My window is open right now here in East Tn
- tdhurst, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I live and work in Phoenix. It gets cold here!
- warox, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Although this only really applies to country folk, I think it's a cost-effective and practical way to heat your house. I know 2 or 3 people who have corn-fired ovens - useful for those who live on or near a farm where surplus feed corn can be found readily and cheaply. The corn heats a glycerine/water mixture that is pumped through the floors of their houses, creating a nice even heat.
Corn burns very clean and the machine can be loaded up to burn continuously for more than a day without attention. Surplus feed corn is surprisingly more abundant than you realize, especially if you know or live on a dairy farm. - Geekbeard, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2"Suck it up you big pussy. I live in Vancouver."
Supposed to get up to -10 tonight. I was freezing my ass off yesterday night; I could feel the cold even through Sorel boots. - neuromuse, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I live in Nebraska. Canadian air straight from the north in winter, heat from the tropics in summer, no mountain ranges to stop it. Yee. Haw.
- dattaway, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I installed a fireplace insert. Its an iron box that is a heat exchanger with a small electric blower. It raises the efficiency from a sad 5% to 60%. My wife and I used to load hundreds of pounds of wood a night to barely keep warm. Now three logs will keep the entire house warm for a night. My gas bill last month was $20. That was to heat water.
Wood stoves are great too. - DiamondIce, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1pff, it's -30°C here and we've had a good 40-50 cm in the last 3 days.
- BufordT, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"Also, she recommends getting the furnace tuned up at least once a year by a professional to further boost efficiency."
Yeah, because you'll definitely save atleast the $400 it costs to have the guy come to your house and work on it each year.
"She says the Energy Star windows, which will be either double or triple paned, start at around $300 each."
It will only take you 40 years to make up the cost in savings, but what the hell, it's just money right? Not to mention the few thousand in labor it takes to put them in. - ggriffit, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Um...I'm in South Dakota...Wednesday night it's supposed to be 3° F....3!!! It's not even December! No snow yet. Just cold. Oh, and the air will be 3° (for those of you that don't know, there is also a "wind chill" that recalculated the temperature based on how fast the wind is moving.)
I agree that they need to add "Turn on Xbox 360 and LCD TV" to the list. I will regularly turn my 360 and TV on and be online just to get them running as space heaters! - omnisis, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1If you live in a place that has cold winters and you don't/can't upgrade to more expensive windows I've found this product (and similar ones by different name brands):
http://www.amazon.com/3M-Company-2141-Indoor-Insulation/dp/B00002NCJI/sr=1-1/qid=1164814662/ref=sr_1_1/104-8308144-0999101?ie=UTF8&s=hi
to be a wonderful cost saver. It's basically a "shrink-wrap" kit for your windows. Sounds kind of goofy but it really works. Especially on older windows. - pron*, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"Get a programmable thermostat - For about $100" - Ha, more like $25. Don't know why anyone would still use the old dial style at all. So much more convenient and very easy to install.
- gte879p, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1HEAHeohaehoaheaehohehohA!!~11~one!Internetz!
- thomleidner, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1I'm on the Los Angeles/Kern county border and we had snow last night! A dusting admitally but snow none the less...
- nick0909, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I grew up in San Diego, people break out the ski jackets and gloves when it drops into the 60s. I moved into a much colder climate and laugh at what I used to think was cold.
- leobaby, on 10/12/2007, -1/+170F here, mosquitoes and all.
- nick0909, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0We are poor college kids and don't run the heater, and some days we have to "go double" meaning double pants, double socks, and at least two sweaters. Add some gloves and beanie and you can take anything. Not a greenie, I am just a cheapskate.
- jongens, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0i live in berlin germany, and have a coal fired oven (not as uncommon as you might think!). it costs around 140euros per winter for heating, but it cannot be great for the environment. when it's really cold on a clear day, there is coal haze in the air...
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