<p>Hindoo, after a month of acclimation, you’ll be ready for the 64/54 club. It really is an acquired sense of comfort. Last weekend I was visiting my parents house where they keep it at 72 - I thought I was being slow-roasted.</p>
<p>“Doesn’t it also provide breaks on solar panels, etc.?”</p>
<p>I have not checked the most recent, but when I looked last year to convert my home to solar the subsidys and rebates were still so small that I would have been spending 50-75 K to do it Essentially doubling my mortgage balance. Part of the extra cost is the retro fit, I am hoping that when we retire I can build a smaller green home that will encorporate the things mentioned about GW’s ranch home. </p>
<p>I would love nothing more than to get off the electricity grid… my power supplier was the one dupped by ENRON and our rates jumped 50%. There are times where my bills get near AG’s without nearly the same size home. I have forced air electric in other words a hair dryer to heat the main house. We live where hydroelectricity was once cheap… until growth south of us started pulling away power from the nw. </p>
<p>I will take alook again and see what or how the subs work, maybe they are better than a year or so ago? Thanks for the tip.</p>
<p>OT – but the first car H and I bought together was a 1980 Toyota Corolla. It was great! I could parallel park and everything. But I’ve driven an AWD or 4WD vehicle since we moved to Minnesota in the mid 90’s. In the summer, I daydream about a nice little sedan, but in the winter, I think I can’t live here without AWD. But if someone else is paying, I’ll take the Prius – it’s just my size.</p>
<p>By the way, regarding the pool – no we don’t have one. I’ve never wanted one, and it sure doesn’t make sense in MA. But my sister, SIL and in-laws have pools. They don’t heat them – they let the summer sun take care of that. The pool sweep does need to run, but Gore must be keeping his pool at the 90 degree mark and keeping all the lights on 24/7 to use as much electricity as he’s using.</p>
<p>“you’ll be ready for the 64/54 club.”</p>
<p>Don’t forget the phrase “honey, you really DO look good in sweaters…” ;)</p>