On Wed, 12 Oct 2005, James Newtons Massmind wrote:

> Desert. It was almost freezing last night. In the summer, there are places
> (a few miles east of me) were the temp is 100 every day and darn near
> freezing every night.
>
> To a statistician, East SoCal is great... "on the average, I feel fine"
>
> Storing the cold for use in the hot day and storing the heat for use in the
> cold night is a major stratigy for energy independence around here.

But the average is pleasant as you said. Imho start looking at a heavy 
slab floor (granite or such) and a pool (not necessarily for swimming, 
a small fish pond will make a good start). Both items serve to integrate 
the heat input and output. Of course moving into a stone house would 
help a lot but I suspect that that would be out of budget.

Peter
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