Today we will do a cost comparison of solar hot water and natural gas hot water. This is the third part of the Should I Install Solar Hot Water? series. Yesterday we looked at Solar Hot Water vs Electric Hot Water. Background Currently in eastern Ontario, you can have a solar hot water system installed for [...]
May 2009
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Solar Hot Water vs Electric Hot Water
Today we will do a cost comparison of solar hot water and electric hot water in eastern Ontario. This is the second part of the Should I Install Solar Hot Water? series. Background Currently in eastern Ontario, you can have a solar hot water system installed for about $4000-$4500 after all of the rebates and incentives. [...]
Should I Install Solar Hot Water?
Should I install solar hot water? This is a question I have been asking myself for almost 4 years now. Basically, as soon as we purchased the house I started wondering if it made sense to install a solar hot water system. The biggest reason was due to the fact we heat with hot water. [...]
Beer prices across Canada
I stumbled across a link on the CBC website where a reporter from Calgary had called a number of liquor stores across Canada to find out the price of a dozen Labatt Blue. The Beer Facts indicates that the price in Ottawa is among the lowest (Yippee!). It’s sort of surprising to see that Ottawa [...]
Squirrel blamed for massive P.E.I. blackout
Late in April there was a power outage that affected almost a third of the people on Prince Edward Island. It turns out that the cause was a squirrel chewing on the wires inside of a substation which lead to a fire.
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