Comments on: Home Energy: Why Is There a Need to Improve It?

By: Make Solar Energy More Efficient and Less Expensive | Simple Home Solar Energy

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 08:40:48 +0000

[...] Jessop Petroski does a great job of explaining why you should go the energy efficiency route first, BEFORE going solar. [...]

By: Pete

Pete — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:28:02 +0000

Great post but there’s more to consider – like many of these are made offshore. Mariah Power’s Windspire (http://mariahpower.com) is made in the US (Michigan) of mostly recycled components and recently won the Popular Science “best of what’s new” award http://tinyurl.com/6rhqjc

We need to consider everything when making these investments!

By: Pete

Pete — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:28:00 +0000

We need to consider everything when making these investments!

By: Roger Strickland

Roger Strickland — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 21:31:52 +0000

This little place is great!
To all of you who are concerned about the building inspectors. I invite you to Belize Central America. I have been here for 18 years and involved with sustanable living and farming during that time. You can live cheap (solar and wind power)and grow almost all of your own food. I can help you get the land and free assistance to teach you how to grow your garden. The weather is great year round. Then you can say: “What depression?”

By: Roger Strickland

Roger Strickland — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 21:31:00 +0000

By: Dean Anderson

Dean Anderson — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:40:11 +0000

I love this concept, its so friendly to variables.

By: Dean Anderson

Dean Anderson — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:40:00 +0000

I love this concept, its so friendly to variables.

By: Nancy Miller

Nancy Miller — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:38:03 +0000

Thanks again Jessop Petroski for an informative article. We have already switched to the new bulbs and have always been interested in solar power. We’d love to read more in-depth articles about solar power. We live in the deep south & when we built our home 24 yrs ago we insisted on Northern recommended R value insulation instead of the typical R value installed locally. That decision is still paying off today. We have always been interested in solar power & would like to read more in-depth articles written by Mr. Petroski on the subject.

By: Nancy Miller

Nancy Miller — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:38:00 +0000

By: C. Murphy

C. Murphy — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:26:56 +0000

Well written article. Many of these ideas should be included in revised building codes.