Comments on: Rejoice! Gas Cost Recovery costs to be lowest since 2002

By: Dave Schulz

Dave Schulz — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:16:44 +0000

I was answering poet Sue’s question for you. Being silly for a minute. FYI, my attic was just re-insulated by yours truly. – R49 I think. I keep it around 68 or so and about 70 in dead of winter.

By: Robin

Robin — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:16:25 +0000

I usually have the heat set around 68-70 at my house. I’m always cold in the winter. I always have a sweater and a blanket wrapped around me.

By: SensorG

SensorG — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:39:14 +0000

Sue,
Keeping the house at 69-71 is hardly toasty. I’ve done lots of things and upgrades around the house to save energy.

You want to feel a WARM house go over to my mom’s house. Old people love to keep the heat cranked.

By: Sue

Sue — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:07:42 +0000

Yes, if one can pay the high utility
bills that is one thing; however,
it is still a waste of natural resources which affects all of us
by wasteful usage and higher prices
for all of us!

SUPPLY AND DEMAND!!

By: LisaRenee

LisaRenee — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:55:41 +0000

Sue, that’s probably true, but if they are willing to pay the higher rates, then it is up to them. We don’t have air conditioning, the house we live in can’t handle it from an electrical aspect since it’s an older home. The first year it was bad, now it’s something we are used to. Though I still wonder every time I go into a store in the summer and it’s freezing how much money would be saved if they cranked down the thermostat.

By: Sue

Sue — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:48:21 +0000

I am sorry but to me too many people
waste natural resources.

In the summer so many believe they
need their air conitioners running
when they are not needed and then
in the winter also then believe their
homes need to be really too warm
when all they need to do is wear
warmer clothes.

What does any think people did when
they only had camp fires and/or fireplaces to heat??

In the summer just move to the North
Pole and in the winter move to the
desert!

By: LisaRenee

LisaRenee — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:44:01 +0000

I try to keep ours at 68, our furnace has not kicked on that many times yet this year. An automatic thermostat would work as far as turning it down at night when you are sleeping, then kicking the heat up before you get up.

By: SensorG

SensorG — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:19:04 +0000

67 is plenty cold when I come out from under a heavy blanket with my wife and come down stairs to the hardwood.

We usually keep the temp at 69-71 depending on mood.

Dave – I have a lot more “R factor” then you so I could see you keeping it at 80.

By: Daveschulz

Daveschulz — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:05:23 +0000

By: Sue

Sue — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:02:34 +0000

SensorG why would you turn your heat
on if your home is 67 degrees??

You would probably save a lot of money
if you put more or warmer clothes on!

How warm do you want it to be in there??