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Using dollars to measure energy is like measuring happiness with dollars. There is some correlation but quite limited. </div>
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I know of a cottage in Ontario that paid more then 30 per month while it's electrical system was torn out eg. it used zero power during that time. </div>
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Kwh or btu or even joules should be used for measuring energy use. </div>
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<div><b>From: </b>Reuben Deumling</div>
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<div>Cool. I'd like to see numbers, though. When you have PV on the roof, $240 doesn't mean that much (at least to me).
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My family's annual energy bills total $400 of which >half are fixed charges unrelated to usage and I have no PV.
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 3:12 PM, Sacie Lambertson <span dir="ltr">
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Very simply designed house in Maine uses little energy to operate:<br>
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Lots of readers' comments follow.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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