On Jan 25, 2013, at 9:20 PM, Craig wrote: > On Fri, 25 Jan 2013 20:37:39 -0800 clay monroe <redgh...@comcast.net> > wrote: > > This is curious on a lot of levels.... > > >> SWMBA is moving herself to the great white north next year. > > So she is leaving you behind?
I demanded to be left behind. Not into cold, dark, frozen. > > >> I wonder about CO with the place all buttoned up tight for six months. > > It depends upon whether you have a gas water heater and furnace and how > tight the place actually is. It would likely be no more problem than if > you were there, the amount of CO in the air probably reaches steady-state > overnight. In addition, when you are away, there are no vent fans run. > > You can set a gas water heater to pilot and not have much consumption > from that. You can turn down the temperature on the furnace. I have never been there and there is question as to exactly what will be making power or heat for Alaska in future. They have run out of close NG, rest of the NG is in ANWAR and no pipe line, running out of flowing electrons in a year or so and will take at least a decade to get permits for a hydro plant. Solar is bad for half the year, so, cut trees I am thinking. Still get CO if the place is buttoned up. > > >> How do they deal with the moisture added to the dry air and not get >> mold? > > Not running the humidifier when away will prevent that problem and save > electricity and water to boot. But if it's dry air to start ... No relative humidity, and SWMBA has sinus issue and busted capilaries, so there is a need for some moisture. Seattle is wet, so no troubles here. > > >> I am told there is not much forced air heat, since the availability of >> NG is dropping. No way to get it from the ground to town. > > Actually, natural gas prices in the U.S. are dropping because of the > increased supply with fracking. The U.S. will shortly become a natural > gas exporter. > > Whether there is not much forced air heat has nothing to do with natural > gas. The only other major energy sources are propane and electricity, > both of which fuel forced air heating systems as well as boilers for > hydronic heat, just like natural gas does. > > But you don't say where there is not much forced air heat.... SWMBA is going north. Cook inlet NG is petering out, so there is a lack of NG to be had in the 49th state. Also failed to build a bunch of electron pushing plants, and enviro weenies are up in arms about coal mining. Lots of energy in the ground. Hard to get it to the doorstep instead of to the supertanker. All the homes she looks at have baseboard heat, though some have FA. There is hydronic, but hard to tell what is powering that. If NG, price will increase as product fades. > > > Craig > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
