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Comment on Solar Furnace Verdict: We Like It A Lot But Our Savings Are Minimal Because We Live in the Cold by Shavon

Shavon — Mon, 16 Feb 2015 18:10:51 +0000

Bravo to RREAL for finding a method to bring affordable solar heating to low income families! There are more efficient systems on the market however, and the SPF’s don’t have a solar module option to take the system completely off the grid and power the fans using solar energy.

Comment on Solar Furnace Verdict: We Like It A Lot But Our Savings Are Minimal Because We Live in the Cold by Randy

Randy — Fri, 30 Jan 2015 18:16:11 +0000

Hello Maggie and Will,
I just found the RREAL website, then searched for “RREAL comments” and found your blog.
My son’s 40-50-year-old oil burner (his house has hot-water radiators) is dying and he’s looking for an alternative. He has already received a quote for converting to a gas furnace ($9,700). I suggested he consider solar heat. His house does have a good size, two-story, south-facing wall, which got me thinking more seriously about RREAL as I browsed the website.
I’m wondering about your experience with your solar furnace since you wrote this blog and any other advice you may have.
We live in northeast Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley.
Thank you.

Comment on Can you recycle shrink wrap? by Michael bufford

Michael bufford — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 05:10:49 +0000

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Thank you,

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Comment on Solar Homes of Evergreen Village by Will

Will — Thu, 11 Sep 2014 23:01:14 +0000

It’s a multi-stage process. Interested buyers have to take a homeowner class with the city, which is open to anyone; we took it and found it very useful after we bought our place. Then, if they meet certain eligibility requirements (for example, I think you have to have a 4+ person family for the larger houses), they apply for a bank loan. The bank approves them for whatever amount and the city provides the difference between that and the $145K asking price. After 5 years, the city forgives its portion of the loan; otherwise, it has to be repaid when the house is sold.

Comment on Solar Homes of Evergreen Village by Diana

Diana — Thu, 11 Sep 2014 04:41:40 +0000

Hi! I love your blog. I was wondering what happened with the house you wanted at EverGreen Village. I love the look on those houses and I still don’t understand how can the make a house that is currently at 145K for low income families. The math just doesn’t add up to me. Do they really give you the extra 50k to buy a house you otherwise wouldn’t be able to afford? Thanks in advance!

Comment on Can you recycle shrink wrap? by gilbert

gilbert — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 21:32:53 +0000

I live here in houston texas.i am chairman for our safety comittee and want to know about a place here in houston for recycling plastic wrap,where they can perhaps drop off a bin for recycling plastic shrink wrap waste.
Thank you.

Comment on Winter Laundry – Will It Dry? by Dennis

Dennis — Fri, 04 Jul 2014 12:12:20 +0000

Hi
I can tell you from experience clothes do dry in freezing weather.
My mom would hang the clothes out in the ’50s and 60’s and I would often get the job of bringing in the clothes.
THe jeans and other heavy stuff would be stiff with the left over water/ice.
The house was very dry because of the sub zero dry air oust side so the clothes would finish drying.
The sheets other thin stuff could be folded and out away easily.
We had no fancy clothes dryers.

We did have a modern, for the time washer. My Aunt used a wringer washer as did many other people.
My aunt got her protruding front caught in the wringer rolls, but that is another story.

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Comment on Solar Chargers by Stephanie

Stephanie — Sun, 06 Apr 2014 23:12:02 +0000

The solar power devices are useful only if you do not have access to electricity. Family members have used such devices at hunting shacks or edges of large properties, where it doesn’t make economical sense to run a line from the nearest transformer (which could be miles away) since the wildlife often chew them. My BIL has run a solar powering device for about 6 years now to charge cell phones. He gets just enough juice to power up one Iphone and a small light. Since he and his buddies are in their 70s, family members insist that they have some way of contacting the outside world, and the Iphone turned out to be the only one that gets cell service there.