[RFI] rooftop solar panel industry about to blow up

[Jim Brown]

On 1/28/2024 10:41 AM, David Eckhardt wrote:
> Oh, yes........  In the 60's when my folks moved to Lansing, Michigan, we
> were caught up in the aluminum siding snake oil.  We bought into it.  For
> the 20 or so years they lived in that house, it was OK, but certainly did
> NOT contribute the amount of additional insulation (before the days of
> R-ratings)  the sales oil hawked.

The home we bought 18 years ago in NorCal mountains is poorly insulated. 
When we contracted for stucco siding (for its fire-resistance) several 
years ago, I looked up its insulating characteristics. Very little. In 
some of the walls where there was no insulation at all, we had it added.

73, Jim K9YC