Comments - COMPARISON OF GRID-CONNECTED AND OFF-THE-GRID HOUSES - Citizens' Task Force on Wind Power - Maine2024-03-29T00:45:10Zhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=4401701%3ABlogPost%3A101332&xn_auth=noPaula,
Thank you for your com…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2017-06-11:4401701:Comment:1013342017-06-11T23:49:27.346ZWillem Posthttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/WillemPost942
<p>Paula,</p>
<p>Thank you for your comment.</p>
<p>People could use high density cellulose in the stud cavities, which is shredded newspaper that has been treated so insects do not eat it.</p>
<p>Paula,</p>
<p>Thank you for your comment.</p>
<p>People could use high density cellulose in the stud cavities, which is shredded newspaper that has been treated so insects do not eat it.</p> So you're saying our 37 year…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2017-06-11:4401701:Comment:1012712017-06-11T19:36:54.324ZPaula D Kelsohttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/PaulaDKelso
<p>So you're saying our 37 year investment in our 1850's Maine farmhouse may not be the best when we put it on the real estate market soon....</p>
<p>But it has ambience, doesn't that count for something.</p>
<p>Not all things new and green are the best for the environment.</p>
<p>Take that polystyrene insulating foam board, from Wikipedia:</p>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Production">Production</span></h3>
<p>Polystyrene foams are produced using blowing agents that form bubbles and expand…</p>
<p>So you're saying our 37 year investment in our 1850's Maine farmhouse may not be the best when we put it on the real estate market soon....</p>
<p>But it has ambience, doesn't that count for something.</p>
<p>Not all things new and green are the best for the environment.</p>
<p>Take that polystyrene insulating foam board, from Wikipedia:</p>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Production">Production</span></h3>
<p>Polystyrene foams are produced using blowing agents that form bubbles and expand the foam. In expanded polystyrene, these are usually hydrocarbons such as <a title="Pentane" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentane">pentane</a>, which may pose a flammability hazard in manufacturing or storage of newly manufactured material, but have relatively mild environmental impact.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact"><font size="2">[</font><i><a title="Wikipedia:Citation needed" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2015)"><font size="2">citation needed</font></span></a></i><font size="2">]</font></sup> Extruded polystyrene is usually made with <a title="Hydrofluorocarbon" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrofluorocarbon">hydrofluorocarbons</a> (<a title="HFC-134a" class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HFC-134a">HFC-134a</a>),<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-36"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polystyrene#cite_note-36"><font size="2">[36]</font></a></sup> which have global warming potentials of approximately 1000–1300 times that of carbon dioxide.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-37"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polystyrene#cite_note-37"><font size="2">[37]</font></a></sup></p>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Non-biodegradable">Non-biodegradable</span></h3>
<p>Discarded polystyrene does not <a title="Biodegrade" class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodegrade">biodegrade</a> for hundreds of years and is resistant to <a title="Photolysis" class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photolysis">photolysis</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Bandyopadhyay_2007_307.E2.80.93317_38-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polystyrene#cite_note-Bandyopadhyay_2007_307.E2.80.93317-38"><font size="2">[38]</font></a></sup></p>
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<p>Not poo-poo'ing the case for higher energy efficiency, just mentioning that nothing is ever a win-win.</p>