Critical_Insight@feddit.uk to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agoPrice of electricity in Finland peaks at 2.35€/kWh today. Keeping my tiny granny cottage warm costs me over 50 euros for a single day. It's negative 25C (-13F) outside.i.imgur.comimagemessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up1181arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1180arrow-down1imagePrice of electricity in Finland peaks at 2.35€/kWh today. Keeping my tiny granny cottage warm costs me over 50 euros for a single day. It's negative 25C (-13F) outside.i.imgur.comCritical_Insight@feddit.uk to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square76fedilinkfile-text
That massive spike of 50c/kWh at the left looks tiny compared to today even though that’s already insanely expensive
minus-squaredoctorcrimson@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoCalls on Foam and Mineral Wool?
minus-squareCritical_Insight@feddit.ukOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 year agoPolyurethane is better insulator, doesn’t absorb moisture and doesn’t require a vapor barrier but is also much more expensive. It’s what I insulated my shed with so that I can let it get cold if need be and will not have moisture problems later.
minus-squaredoctorcrimson@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI always underestimate oil biproducts in the market, but maybe that is the play.
Calls on Foam and Mineral Wool?
Polyurethane is better insulator, doesn’t absorb moisture and doesn’t require a vapor barrier but is also much more expensive. It’s what I insulated my shed with so that I can let it get cold if need be and will not have moisture problems later.
I always underestimate oil biproducts in the market, but maybe that is the play.