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Holocron on November 15, 2005 - 1:52am

We've so far kept out heat off. But, being in Minnesota, the tide of the season has finally changed. We've agreed to keep the thermostat set to 58F. That's low by typical standards. So far, we've used approximatelt 20% less than this time last yeat. That may have been due to our mild and extended autumn. The temps have finally turned...and the heat is finally on, though set to 58F. We'll see where that gets us.

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Bigelow on November 15, 2005 - 2:27pm

"We've so far kept out heat off. But, being in Minnesota..."

Also being in MN. I gave up last week and turned on the heat. I have the temp at 66F during the day and 55F at night; am ramping it down every other day. I don't like wearing a hat to sleep.

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jkissing on November 15, 2005 - 7:16pm

Demand destruction means doing things we don't like and not doing things we do like.

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Leanan on November 15, 2005 - 7:42pm

Not necessarily. It could mean forcing people with less money than we have to make those sacrifices. :-P

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Spike on November 18, 2005 - 2:16am

I have Off Peak service from the electric company. So now I plug in an electric heater in the bedroom and turn down the rest of the house. Off Peak is less than 1/3 the cost of peak time. You also can put recepticles in other rooms for electric heaters to save. I put my dryer, pool pump on off peak.

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