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Was: Moss/Lichen on roof, now we are into pollution.
"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message ... IMM wrote: "Franz Heymann" wrote in message ... I have been reading about the immense progress being made in fuel cell technology for more than twenty years now. Why are they not yet in daily use in every household? Why isn't every new and rennovated houses built to superinsulation and passive solar standards, virtually eliminating a heating system? Not rocket science and many examples are all over the world right now, so not airy fairy ideas at all. It would cost the taxpayer nothing to implement. Because super insulation is useless without other means to reduce ventilation losses. It is not useless. As you know, superinsulated and air-tight homes have heat recovery and vent in them, rendering your criticism rather silly. You need things like heat exchanges on ventilation - this gets very expensive. As there will be no full heating system this serves as the heating system too, to top up the heating when it is rarely required. Not expensive at all, when looking at the total cost of a house. It is arguable that the energy used to build all this stuff doesn't get paid back in a sensible timescale. It is arguable, but an argument lost. And as the topic is emissions etc, from a global view, this is a way of drastically reducing emissions, reducing fossil fuel usage and eliminating fuel poverty, besides the comfortable environment it creates. Curemnt insulation levels are at around ten times what they were in say the 1950's, with windows being perhpas 3 times better. Insulation was only mandatory in the UK from 1974. The insulation levels currently are dire, but are being ramped to something acceptable soon. We need a quantum leap, not staged pussy footing. Superinsulation and passive solar can be implemented right now We are reaching teh law of diminishing returns on insulation. We are reducing the emissions drastically, eliminating fuel poverty, and reducing millions of damp and cold related diseases, which is what counts. --- -- Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.558 / Virus Database: 350 - Release Date: 02/01/2004 |
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