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Re: What actions are best?
2011-02-07 12:49:06 UTC
An add-on to my comment about the kotatsu.. one of the great things about it is that it heats the body instead of the larger environment. Here are a few articles about forgoing central heat and air:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/29/world/americas/29mexico.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/23/garden/23air.html
Besides saving money and emissions, less "conditioning" (for me, anyway)imparts a sense of being more tuned in to the world and makes me more willing to be outside, any time of year.
Leslie Coolidge
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Re: What actions are best?
2011-02-04 09:16:51 UTC
Jo, This may not be along the line you were looking for, but it's a strategy for heating that kind of symbolizes an approach... For hundreds of years the Japanese have warmed themselves in cold weather using a kotatsu. The kotatsu is a low table with a heavey blanket or quilt draped over the frame. There's an infared heater attached to the frame. (Old Japanese homes situate the table over a pit in the floor, with a bed of charcoal or some kind of fuel, with a grate over it that your rest your feet on.) The tabletop is unattached and is placed on top of the blanket. You sit with legs under the table and the blanket tucked around. It is astonishingly comfortable and uses very little power. Just recently they have become available for purchase in the US (online). I am a cold-natured person, uncomfortable in the winter even in South Carolina. Now winter is comfortable with the thermostat turned WAY down or off. Hope this has some relevance!
Leslie Coolidge
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Re: Priced Parking
2009-10-14 11:32:16 UTC
I don't have any helpful experience to share but please post updates of this effort!
Leslie Coolidge
United States
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