My house uses gas as well. My clothes dryer, hot water heater, sotve and furnace are all gas. Fortunately it hasn't been cold enough to have to run the furnace. To date, my gas bill is only $40 a month.
San Diego Water Crisis
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holy crap! $400 electric bill?! i though mine was bad for jumping from $35-$50 a month to $80. i live in corona though, in a teeny house. my landlords also pay for water, though weve let them know that if it becomes a burden we will pay for water as well.
Wow.. all I can say is I love the PNW.
rains so we don't need to water the lawns till summer.. I fertilize my lawns now with tank water.
rains so we don't need to water the lawns till summer.. I fertilize my lawns now with tank water.
lucky for me, even though I live in the middle of the desert in AZ, I have the privilege of using well water. Some of purest water ever I might add, nothing gets added to my water, all natural
Cheap too since it's on my property!
Cheap too since it's on my property!
This is weird,paying for water. I am certianly not used to that here in Vancouver. Probably as the stupid Olympics get closer we will have to though.
Sounds like it might be a lot of work. But a couple small 120v solar panels...or make or buy a windmill. just an idea. i know that you can getboth with the amount your paying for your bills. i am workin on making a windmill at the moment. im a renter so i dont have to pay for my utilities but it sounds like a good thing we should all do. you make enough kw, and hook it into the grid the electric company will reimburse you. check it out...
I already have 16 photovoltaic (solar) panels on the house. When the sun is out, they work great! For instance, yesterday was a very sunny day. My system was producing 2000 KW at 300 volts. At that rate of production, I only used 9 KWH yesterday. That's a big difference from 50! Needless to say,if the sun is out my bills are about $30. If it's crappy out, I pay! I guess I should look in to 16 more panels. This would actually allow me to feed the grid and earn credits so when the weather is crap, I can still afford to eat! Haha!
