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Re:Ercot nearly at capacity for Texas power grid by aftbit on Monday February 15, 2021 @11:52AM (#26144420)
I remember my parents covering my old leaky single-pane windows in our first house with plastic in the winter. It looks goofy, but it's cheap and it really helps. We also had storm windows that we'd replace our screens with in the winter.

We later moved to a house with newer windows that removed this need, and adult me has a ground source heat pump so I'm toasty even with the 15°F weather here.

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Re:Ercot nearly at capacity for Texas power grid by ubermonkey on Monday February 15, 2021 @05:38PM (#26148518)
Anticipating the cold snap, my wife ordered insulating curtains for the big windows on the front of the house, to hang behind the decorative ones.

I figured it was more an example of "must do something" than "activity that will actually help," but I was proven wrong IMMEDIATELY. They've made a material difference (no pun intended), and I'm said I said no when she asked if I wanted some for my office.

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Re:Ercot nearly at capacity for Texas power grid by tgtweak on Monday February 15, 2021 @09:21PM (#26150214)
She's a keeper :)
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Re:Ercot nearly at capacity for Texas power grid by ubermonkey on Tuesday February 16, 2021 @08:59AM (#26153894)
Absolutely. We've been keeping each other for almost 20 years.
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