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12 votes
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War against the children
13 votes -
Treasury Department releases first-of-its-kind report on benefits of unions to the US economy
61 votes -
US money from the Climate-Smart Commodities program, designed to reduce agriculture emissions, is going disproportionately to multinationals
4 votes -
Introducing Amtrak Airo - A modern passenger experience
41 votes -
Judge denies request to halt Missouri’s gender-affirming medical care ban
15 votes -
Taylor Swift concert film will bring Eras Tour to America’s movie theaters in October
17 votes -
2/3 of foreign components in Russian drones are made in the US; China is the main supplier, according to the Yermak-McFaul International Working Group and KSE Institute
15 votes -
What Courtney Dauwalter learned in the pain cave
6 votes -
A sesame allergy law in the US has made it harder to avoid the seed. Here's why.
28 votes -
The wallet event: Crypto startup company tells bankruptcy judge it has lost the password to a 38.9 million dollar physical crypto wallet
17 votes -
After Mitch McConnell's and Dianne Feinstein's episodes, should we talk about age limits in US public officials?
95 votes -
The real Betty Crocker's pineapple upside down cake
17 votes -
Searching for Maura
9 votes -
Sen. Mitch McConnell appears to freeze again at a Kentucky event
73 votes -
Locals have been sounding the alarm for years about Lahaina wildfire risk
9 votes -
As Idalia hit Florida, all of NOAA’s hurricane-hunting planes were grounded
9 votes -
California court dismisses lawsuit over nuclear power plant
19 votes -
Naomi Klein on following her ‘doppelganger’ down the conspiracy rabbit hole – and why millions of people have entered an alternative political reality
41 votes -
What’s inside that McDonald’s ice cream machine? Broken copyright law.
33 votes -
Faculty member fatally shot in University of North Carolina building
27 votes -
FRENSHIP - Remind You (2019)
3 votes -
Maryland school district sues social media alleging addictive design rewires young brains
20 votes -
The mystery of the Bloomfield bridge
45 votes -
Magnus Carlsen and Hans Niemann settle dispute over cheating claims that rocked chess – US player had filed lawsuit against former world champion
31 votes -
BRICS expansion is no triumph for China
14 votes -
Record $100 million settlement reached in lawsuits alleging torture, rape, atarvation at US Christian school
34 votes -
Ørsted shares fall 25% after it reveals troubles in US business – £7bn wiped off value of world's largest offshore wind company over possible £1.8bn write-down
8 votes -
Opinion - Antonin Scalia was wrong about the meaning of ‘bear arms’
33 votes -
How US labor movement can win at the bargaining table
14 votes -
America is using up its groundwater like there’s no tomorrow: Overuse is draining and damaging aquifers nationwide
48 votes -
Starbucks’ Pumpkin Spice Latte turns twenty, beloved by millions and despised by some
25 votes -
To mark the 1920 ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the US Constitution, activist Crystal Eastman described the path to full freedom for American women
15 votes -
Analysis: Defendant Mark Meadows testifies in hearing on whether to remove Georgia election trial to federal court
7 votes -
Anti-abortion activists, including one who kept fetuses, convicted of illegally blocking a reproductive clinic in Washington, DC
37 votes -
California is suing to stop schools from outing trans kids to their parents
33 votes -
Texas tried to enact more book bans last year than any other US state
13 votes -
TSMC blames struggle to build Phoenix plant on skilled labor shortage but workers cite disorganization and safety concerns
31 votes -
Writing for Friends was no dream job
45 votes -
Crossrail Chicago: The foundation for a modern travel network
10 votes -
Judge rules against banks' request to seal documents in upcoming New York Donald Trump case. Records will be public with very specific exceptions for privacy.
24 votes -
Carolina Hurricanes sign twenty-year lease extension
22 votes -
A Chicago cop is accused of lying under oath forty-four times. Now prosecutors are dropping cases that relied on his testimony.
27 votes -
Centene to sell GP clinics and hospitals in exit from UK market
14 votes -
Insulation R-values and diminishing returns?
I'm looking into insulating the attic above a closed-in back porch & the estimate also included adding additional insulation on top of the blown-in in the attic. What kinds of factors can be used...
I'm looking into insulating the attic above a closed-in back porch & the estimate also included adding additional insulation on top of the blown-in in the attic.
What kinds of factors can be used to think about the value of additional insulation?
For reference, I'm in Florida & keep setpoint around 80 degrees F most of the time when home, and 86 when not home. Power bills in the summer are in the $150-$180 USD range.
It's currently R27 and the quote is to add R11 to bring it up to R38. Code here appears to put new construction at R38 as a minimum, but looking at some charts - it looks like I might have already hit diminishing returns?
This chart I found on "Energy Vanguard" seems to suggest that going from 27 to 38 isn't much of a difference.
Does anyone else have any insight on when those diminishing returns are hit, and if it can make any appreciable difference in power bills? The house itself is comfortable enough, without large swings in temperature.
13 votes -
'Like Snoop Dogg's living room': Smell of pot wafts over notorious US Open court
9 votes -
Los Angeles is exploring banning cashless businesses, following the example of New York City, Philadelphia, Massachusetts, Colorado, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Washington, DC
59 votes -
What your insurer is trying to tell you about climate change
22 votes -
Why Silicon Valley is here. One radio engineer had a plan. And it worked.
3 votes -
Gorilla Tuning of Rexburg, Idaho, pleads guilty to criminal conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act, will pay $1 million in criminal fines, while its owner faces up to two years in jail
30 votes