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Originally Posted by rowan
Are they refrigerative or evaporative coolers? (I think you call them swamp coolers)
I've become interested in more passive cooling lately... next summer (it's winter here) I'm going to experiment with regularly misting the roof tiles with water. The idea is that the mist evaporating - almost instantaneously - cools the tiles, dissipating heat from the roof space and therefore cooling the house. It won't drop the temperature to anywhere near "chilly" but it means the refrigerative (and noisy/expensive) A/C unit doesn't need to work as hard.
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Great idea, except they charge for water usage here and for sewer that is tied to the water bill.
Plus add local taxes not listed above for all three bills.
There is the thought of a rain barrel system, they'd tax for that too. Plus cost recovery would be years.
What really gets me is the surcharge for not using enough gas or electricity. No matter what you're gonna pay.