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To: Ilaine who wrote (1533)	10/25/2005 1:23:42 AM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218131

In Curitiba we need heating. Is 1.000m above sea level and 400Km southern than the tropic of Capricorn, is humid and windy. I'm just now finalizing the design of a house I'm going to construct start constructing soon there. I'm going to put window frames of PVC instead of aluminum, install double glazing and insulate the roof. We -we meaning 0.001%- use electricity to heat homes. Our utility send monthly bill displaying the last six months consumption and one can compare how it goes up and down. During winter it spikes up. To smooth that spike I am taking those countermeasures.

To: Ilaine who wrote (1533)	10/25/2005 5:06:59 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218131

<Last year we spent $2000 total for electricity and $1000 total for fuel oil, for a 3000 sq ft house> US$3000 = NZ$4300 = NZ$360 per month on average, or NZ$500 per month in winter and NZ$220 in summer. That's about 3 times what we use in our house. Well, at least double. But we are quite frugal with natural gas and electricity [bulk energy supplies], so your father's consumption seems reasonable for greedy Americans who know no bounds. The average Indian and Chinese, with US$400 per year income, isn't spending as much as Americans or 'frugal' Kiwis. Agrigenesis agrigenesis.co.nz was planning on developing energy crops, dedicated to energy production, not just as a byproduct of something else such as wood production. They were investigating which crops would maximize energy output per dollar. They didn't get far as they ran out of money. I expect that's a more economic activity than using offcut products as fuel sources. As you point out, with pine plantations, there isn't a huge amount of offcuts. But with other crops, such as corn, there's a lot more waste cellulose. Mqurice