Fuel Cell Performance

>The fact that US building codes do not insist on something
>like R80 and double or triple pane windows etc. in new construction or
>major retrofits is a national security tragedy -- especially IIRC when
>the amount of money spent on defense over the last few decades (twenty
>to thirty trillion in current dollars?) is enough to tear down and
>rebuild every structure in the US twice.

There is a relative strict law promoting insulation of new houses in
Germany (I think about 20 cm of insulation for roofs) and we have it
for some years.

Now we will probably get another law which requires every buyer of an
old house to insulate the tops of not/bad insulated houses.

I think as long as it does not put to much of a burden on house owners
this law is reasonable and will achieve a lot, since warmth escapes at
house tops.

You dont have to tear down old houses, you just could isolate roofs
or tops and put in better windows.

That will not cost a lot since isolation works can be done by
homeowners them self - just having that law and home depot will
deliver a working system for homeowners and self isolating tasks..

Frank