Comments on: Rob Steves http://www.iwilltry.org/b Climate change is real. You're causing it. You can stop it. Will you try? Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:51:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Rob http://www.iwilltry.org/b/contributors/rob-steves/comment-page-1/#comment-8846 Rob Wed, 28 Dec 2011 08:08:43 +0000 http://www.iwilltry.org/b/contributors/rob-steves/#comment-8846 Hi Joe, I am hugely in favor of the Smart Meter program in BC, primarily for environmental reasons. It will make everyone more aware of their energy usage which will result in people using less. It is also a step towards time of day billing which will even out energy use throughout the day and reduce peak demand which means less power plants needed to produce more energy overall. That makes it cheaper for BC hydro to produce the energy and *hopefully* their savings will get passed on to the end user. In my opinion concerns about health risks are completely unfounded. Cell phones are much worse. I don't get people's privacy concerns either. Switching from natural gas to electric space heating is currently only cost effective if you have an old inefficient gas furnace. If your gas furnace is 80% efficient or better, it's probably cheaper to stick with it. I don't think that's likely to change as a result of Smart Meters. Hi Joe,
I am hugely in favor of the Smart Meter program in BC, primarily for environmental reasons. It will make everyone more aware of their energy usage which will result in people using less. It is also a step towards time of day billing which will even out energy use throughout the day and reduce peak demand which means less power plants needed to produce more energy overall. That makes it cheaper for BC hydro to produce the energy and *hopefully* their savings will get passed on to the end user.

In my opinion concerns about health risks are completely unfounded. Cell phones are much worse. I don’t get people’s privacy concerns either.

Switching from natural gas to electric space heating is currently only cost effective if you have an old inefficient gas furnace. If your gas furnace is 80% efficient or better, it’s probably cheaper to stick with it. I don’t think that’s likely to change as a result of Smart Meters.

]]> By: Joe Smith http://www.iwilltry.org/b/contributors/rob-steves/comment-page-1/#comment-8826 Joe Smith Fri, 23 Dec 2011 17:39:19 +0000 http://www.iwilltry.org/b/contributors/rob-steves/#comment-8826 Hi Rob, Would be interested to get your views on the recent Smart Meter deployment in BC and whether it would impact the electrical vs natural gas cost argument going forward. This winter I am using electrical heating as a test, turning down the natural gas thermostat. Using oil space heaters for certain rooms. Thanks! Hi Rob,
Would be interested to get your views on the recent Smart Meter deployment in BC
and whether it would impact the electrical vs natural gas cost argument going forward.
This winter I am using electrical heating as a test, turning down the natural gas thermostat.
Using oil space heaters for certain rooms. Thanks!

]]> By: dave dickey http://www.iwilltry.org/b/contributors/rob-steves/comment-page-1/#comment-8772 dave dickey Thu, 15 Dec 2011 01:08:10 +0000 http://www.iwilltry.org/b/contributors/rob-steves/#comment-8772 I really enjoyed reading about your stove, in fact so much i built one very similar to yours and it works great . i am planning on making another with a bigger tube and i will try to get it to burn wood pellets i want to thank you for inspiring me to do this. will let you know how new project comes out dave I really enjoyed reading about your stove, in fact so much i built one very similar to yours and it works great . i am planning on making another with a bigger tube and i will try to get it to burn wood pellets i want to thank you for inspiring me to do this. will let you know how new project comes out dave

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