Climate Change

[archibaldcrane]

I have to save my aesthetic alteration capital to finally convince her to go solar

[Salodin]

We've already painted the exterior and skim coated and painted the interior, replacing these old iron windows would require patching and painting around each opening inside and out, it would be a massive 5-figure undertaking to save, what, $30-40 a month maybe?

And my wife likes the old look, so it's not going to happen.

$30-40 a month to keep your house at 81. It would be a lot more than that if you tried to keep it at a reasonable 74, but if you can tolerate that kinda heat all day then more power to ya lol

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[Jaybar]

Could do an air leakage test. Sealing up those windows will be cheaper. Alternatively get some blinds and keep em closed on the east/west facing windows during morning/dusk hours.

[Salodin]

The poor insulation is influenced by a million and one factors. Blackout curtains would do wonders too, but theres only so much to do if you have thin walls and a thin roof without just literally replacing things with more efficient ones.

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[Jaybar]

Unclear what his construction type is, the single pane windows are notorious for adding radiant heat to the space, which is especially big in the morning/dusk hours when daylight is beaming directly into the house. And air leakage just allows more humid, hot air to permeate through the home adding additional cooling loads to the AC (which unironically exacerbates the issue by pulling in more outside air through the leaks).

If he has literally ZERO insulation in the walls and roof then I would recommend moving.

[Byrthnoth]

People that do house pressure tests are always trying to convince you to air seal your house, so if you do pay for a test make sure you actually think through what the results mean before you pull the trigger. We had a guy tell us that our air leak rate was basically at the ideal point, but we should still pay him 20k to air seal the house and install a forced ventilation system so we could "know where the air was coming from." lmao sir pull the other one

I am a bit surprised that double paned windows aren't part of the IRA incentives. Anderson's lobbyists are slacking.

[Jaybar]

People that do house pressure tests are always trying to convince you to air seal your house, so if you do pay for a test make sure you actually think through what the results mean before you pull the trigger. We had a guy tell us that our air leak rate was basically at the ideal point, but we should still pay him 20k to air seal the house and install a forced ventilation system so we could "know where the air was coming from." lmao sir pull the other one

I am a bit surprised that double paned windows aren't part of the IRA incentives. Anderson's lobbyists are slacking.

Thought Anderson windows got bought out recently.

[Athas]

https://twitter.com/isabelleboemeke/...NOO45W4Cw&s=19

Maybe don't call it the devil too.

[Andalusian girls]

https://twitter.com/isabelleboemeke/...NOO45W4Cw&s=19

damn overwhelming at that

fiercely partisan state whose base is anti-nuclear yet lawmakers allow themselves to be guided by rationality rather than ideality in pursuing a long-term aim

absolute shocking in modern politics tbh

[Milkster]

https://twitter.com/Phil_Lewis_/stat...s7aaayUAQ&s=19

Why Mississippi couldn't afford to upgrade the infrastructure in the state

[archibaldcrane]

Good thread about the California electricity crunch when facing a prolonged heat wave like right now:

https://twitter.com/BorensteinS/stat...73487216467968

[archibaldcrane]

Electricity in California at 7PM costs ~10x as much as it does at noon during this heatwave.

We really need daily cycling storage to shift midday generation to the evening - and it sure seems like the market incentive to do so is in place.

https://twitter.com/cody_a_hill/stat...50095762206724

[Krandor]

At least in Sonoma County PG&E offers just flat rate tiered plans (which i use), but they always try to default you into the 4-9 one.

[archibaldcrane]

We choose here from Glendale W&P but it defaults to the tiered rate. People paying SoCal Edison rates I feel sorry for - they are truly outrageous compared to GWP or LADWP.

[Salodin]

Am I reading/mathing that right? $1.20ish/Kwh at peak? Wtf?

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[archibaldcrane]

Am I reading/mathing that right? $1.20ish/Kwh at peak? Wtf?

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Yes, and that's wholesale, not consumer - that's what it costs the grid. Supposedly some of the diesel-generation emergency plants are getting $2/kwh at peak.

[Salodin]

My god...and they considered closing a nuclear plant? Lol

MFW hitting your phones Battery Saver button actually saves you a quarter a day

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[archibaldcrane]

Apparently the electricity price is so high it's breaking the price-signal response of the batteries we do have - they're dumping too early while solar is still active because their contracts say they are already at max price, even though they'll be more valuable in the next couple hours from a "don't have blackouts" standpoint. CAISO needs to fix this shit.

https://twitter.com/cody_a_hill/stat...89464355180544

[archibaldcrane]

We lived, bitch

https://twitter.com/California_ISO/s...ibGVi6Prg&s=19

[Kaisha]

This is the same State that's trying to ban everything fuel-based in an effort to push towards electrical alternatives?