[Greenbuilding] Perceptions of Nature & Reality

[Norbert Senf]

At 05:49 PM 5/25/2013 -0700, Steve Satow wrote:
>(snip)
>If I nip over to my neighbour and tell him that 
>I used 1,613,824.34 Btus last month, he's going 
>to look at me blankly and wonder 'what the F is 
>he talking about'?. But if I tell him I used 
>$46.34 worth of electricity, he'll understand. 
>Which is a more effective way of communicating?
>
>I KNOW dollars are not a technically accurate 
>measure of energy, but they ARE functional within limits.
>(snip)

Except, your energy measure is not dollars, but 
dollars of electricity, which is a big difference.

Dollars of electricity tells me how many BTU's, 
because I know what you pay per kWh.

Dollars tells me very little. If I burn dollar 
bills, $46 means I have a very efficient house, indeed.

Norbert


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