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The cleanest, most efficient, energy there is, is conservation.
Our house is 4500 sq. ft., on 3 levels, basement, main floor, and loft.
Our summer electric bill is smaller than older houses half that size. Part of it is because the house was built right, but part is because we don't have to have the entire house the same temperature all the time, plus or minus half a degree. We don't use the air conditioner much, as summers are usually mild here in northern Utah. The furnace gets used a lot during the winter, of course, but still, we can heat our house on a lot less gas than smaller houses. We have a lot of south facing windows and the sun comes in and heats up tile floors.
Car makers have been very successful at making cars with more power, a LOT less pollution, and very good gas mileage. It took about 10 years for that to be accomplished, once congress mandated it.
Now if we could just get congress to mandate better building codes....
Our house is 4500 sq. ft., on 3 levels, basement, main floor, and loft.
Our summer electric bill is smaller than older houses half that size. Part of it is because the house was built right, but part is because we don't have to have the entire house the same temperature all the time, plus or minus half a degree. We don't use the air conditioner much, as summers are usually mild here in northern Utah. The furnace gets used a lot during the winter, of course, but still, we can heat our house on a lot less gas than smaller houses. We have a lot of south facing windows and the sun comes in and heats up tile floors.
Car makers have been very successful at making cars with more power, a LOT less pollution, and very good gas mileage. It took about 10 years for that to be accomplished, once congress mandated it.
Now if we could just get congress to mandate better building codes....