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What GE Thinks the House of the Future Will Look Like
Good Magazine ^
| July 15, 2009
| Zach Frechette
Posted on 07/17/2009 10:09:09 PM PDT by Lorianne
Synopsis ... chock full of GE products
(Excerpt) Read more at good.is ...
TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: energy; ge; generalelectric; invention; technology
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posted on
07/17/2009 10:09:09 PM PDT
by
Lorianne
To: Lorianne
I think 0bama's got something more like this in mind:
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posted on
07/17/2009 10:12:38 PM PDT
by
Richard Kimball
(We're all criminals. They just haven't figured out what some of us have done yet.)
To: Lorianne
Obama's House of the Future.
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posted on
07/17/2009 10:16:19 PM PDT
by
aruanan
To: Lorianne
If the appliances can be affordable and efficient, it would be an advance. If it lowers the quality of living in the name of the global warming cult, then no way.
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posted on
07/17/2009 10:16:25 PM PDT
by
Blogger
To: Lorianne
Oh, yeah? I would bet anything that this . . .
. . . is the house OUR future.
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posted on
07/17/2009 10:16:43 PM PDT
by
Oratam
To: aruanan
The one I found has a pool.
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posted on
07/17/2009 10:17:56 PM PDT
by
Richard Kimball
(We're all criminals. They just haven't figured out what some of us have done yet.)
To: Lorianne
Does G.E. make a gun vault?
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posted on
07/17/2009 10:18:08 PM PDT
by
optiguy
(Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.----- Ronald Reagan)
To: Lorianne
My house of the future has a micro nuclear reactor in the garage.
To: Oratam
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posted on
07/17/2009 10:19:03 PM PDT
by
MaxMax
(I AM THE REAL JIM THOMPSON)
To: Richard Kimball
That’s not a pool, that’s the cistern.
10
posted on
07/17/2009 10:20:52 PM PDT
by
aruanan
To: Lorianne
It's a 1950s TV commercial..
an adult couple is sitting on a porch swing supported by an A-frame.
Tied to the crossbar of the A-frame is the end of a vacuum hose (pointing downward).
The hose is connected to GE's new canister vacuum. The vacuum is turn on. The swing and the adult couple begin to rise . . . .
I vowed that I would never buy anything made by GE.
11
posted on
07/17/2009 10:20:57 PM PDT
by
WilliamofCarmichael
(If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
To: WilliamofCarmichael
Everyone! Sing with me
The World of Tommorow Today!
12
posted on
07/17/2009 10:27:14 PM PDT
by
Oratam
To: aruanan
Let me guess: The regular model house is on the left, the one upgraded with thatching is the one on the right.
13
posted on
07/17/2009 10:30:21 PM PDT
by
coloradan
(The US has become a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
To: Oratam
I don’t know why I’m giggling so much ... you’re probably right ... gallows humor I guess.
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posted on
07/17/2009 10:30:47 PM PDT
by
Lorianne
To: Lorianne
We already have ads for geothermal heating/cooling in our area. The big problem is physical access to the property to drill all the necessary holes for the loops carrying the thermal fluid. It takes about 5 holes of 200 ft depth to do the job. The electric pumps to move the fluid are usually installed in the basement. The "typical" install includes breaching the basement wall to bring the fluid pipes in underground so they won't be affected by freezing weather.
On demand water heaters (gas and electric) are fine IF you have a means of venting the gas heaters. A conventional gas water heater has vent pipes sufficient to support a 50,000 BTU burner. The flash heaters are 128,000 BTU. That requires a bigger vent. The cost of improving the vent for my home was estimated at $1,000 on top of the cost of the natural gas flash heater. I'll be room temperature (dead) before I could save enough money on the installation vs the standard 50,000 BTU/50 gallon gas water heater. It made no economic sense. For those who can install the heater without exorbitant costs for new vents, it might make sense.
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posted on
07/17/2009 10:33:53 PM PDT
by
Myrddin
To: Lorianne
Yes. And if your house doesn’t look like that, you won’t be able to sell it. Impeach the marxist.
To: Lorianne
Personally I’d love to have an Energy-Neutral house. Actually, I’d like to produce enough energy to sell it back to the utility.
To: Lorianne
Fascinating!
Especially since GE is trying to sell (dump) both their lighting and appliance divisions to the highest bidder - that hasn’t shown up yet!
I own some GE stock, and I still think that it’s a long term big time winner!
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posted on
07/17/2009 10:54:45 PM PDT
by
aShepard
("OK Class: repeat after me: "BUSH BAD- OBAMA SAVIOR OF MANKIND")
To: Lorianne
Boycott GE. Recently bought a fridge and bought a Whirpool which is a stand alone American company. Not part of GE or any other firm. I will never buy GE.
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posted on
07/17/2009 10:57:00 PM PDT
by
Frantzie
(Remember when Bush was President and Americans had jobs (and ammo)?)
To: Lorianne
GE makes crappy appliances.
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posted on
07/17/2009 11:07:00 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
(No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session. I AM JIM THOMPSON)
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