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Like a houseon, tire by Richard Charles 2 You may have seen those pictures that show heat as if it were light, This is called infra-red photography, and with it you can see the heat escaping from homes in cold weather, A house or a whole town filmed from the air- will often look as though it were going up in flames. That's how bad the heat losses usually are. As individuals, few of us can afford to throw money away on heavy fuel bills. As a nation, we can't afford to use precious energy resources to warm up the sky and the snow piles around our homes. Thorough insulation can cut the year's heating bill by as much as half, and similarly save resources that produce the heat. The size of these savings will depend, of course, on how much you can improve your insulation. That's not all. Better insulation makes a home more comfortable. You can feel a difference '(as much as 4° to 8°C) between sitting beside an exterior wall that is well insulated and one that is not. Turning up the thermostat will not make up the ,difference; in fact, it makes things worse by increasing the temperature differential between the cold wall and warm central air. This increases the speed of the convection currents which feel like drafts. Two 'handy terms to know in discussing insulation are "heat flow" and "resistance value", Heat flows by conduc- tion (as you soon find when holding a hot potato), by - convection (as with warm air rising) and by radiation (as with the sun's warmth). All three kinds of heat flow have their uses, but they also rob us of heat unless there's insulation. Resistance value (R) is an insulating material's ability to keep the heat from flowing through it. The thickest insula- tion may not be the best; .it's the kind of material that counts. The R value is stamped on the cover of most packaged insulation material -- if not, ask the dealer. As an example, a six-inch layer of a good insulator like glass fibre has an R value of 20, but the same thickness of gypsum board scores only R4. The minimum recommended R values for insulation in various parts of the home are: ceilings 28, walls 12, base- ment walls (less than half exposed) 8, basement walls (fully exposed) 12, floors (over unheated garage or crawl space or overhang) 20, floors (over unheated basement) 8 to 12. The first step toward cutting heat losses from your home is to check .the fit of doors and windows, where the walls meet the foundation, and the present insulation in the ceil- ings (attic), walls, basements and floors. You can get an insulation expert to do this, or try it yourself along the lines suggested by the Office Energy Conservation, De- partrnent of Energy Mines and Resources in a booklet called Keeping the heat in. This is available from Box 3500, Station,C, Ottawa, Ontario, KlY' 4G1. .One final word. Don't be put off if insulation sounds like a big and complicated deal to you. There are lots of little things you can do yourself to save fuel and make your home more comfortable in winter. And even some of 'the larger jobs are not all that tough. Whatever you can invest in insulation is bound to repay you. For information on government grants for re-insulation, write to: Canadian Home Insulation Program, P.O. Box 700, St. Laurent, Quebec H4L 9A8; or phone collect (514) By R.E. McKinley M.P. The members of the House of CommOns returned to Ottawa this past week in what many people are reporting will be the last session before an election. It is difficult for me to believe that Mr. Trudeau would call an election amid the trials and turmoils that are evident in Canada at the present, time. Certainly if he endeavoured to fight an election on his governments record during the last few years he would not have much ground on which to stand. An extension of the Bank Act passed second reading this week in the House of Commons. The Bank Act is supposed to come up for new amendments every ten years and this should have been done last year but the government did not get around to it and they simply have asked for the Bank Act as was last reviewed eleven years ago to be extended until March 31st of 1979. I am sure we are all aware that there ar significant changes necessary in the Bank Act to assist in the financing of small business and agriculture to provide the type of stimulas needed to get things moving again in the country. On the order paper for this session, for Debate is Bill C6 an act respecting Canadian ports. The Minister of Transport, Mr. Lang, says the introduction of Bill C 6 in the House of Commons on October 24, 1977 has generated keen interest in the -development of a new port system in Canada. The re-organization of the ports will form an integral part of the national transportation policy, and will emphasize planning and consultation by local port management. The proposed act will, for the first time, unify Canada's port system under one piece of legislation. He also says that we have developed into a sophisticated trading nation whose port facilities have changed tremendously in the past two decades. For example, radical shifts in shipping patterns and enormous changes in shipping technology have all had to be accomodated over a short period, of time and the people in Port Communities have begun to express a greater than ever interest in their port. We've made considerable changes and much progressin the past, and we're proud of it. Our people have worked with 'skill, enthusiasm and efficiency and their efforts should ease the transition from the old way to the new. He says while the new policy will enable the Ports system to meet the challenges of the future by allowing us to better coordinate port development, I think the most satisfying aspect of the policy is its emphasis on built in autonomy for ports. He says we've produced a reasonable policy and one that I think is sound, practical and fair. However, many of our waterfront muncipalities, especially in Ontario, have asked that the act not be passed until all muncipalities who wish to, shall have the opportunity of presenting a submission to the Minister or more importantly to the standing committee on -transport where this bill will be sent for indepth study. There is much concern among the waterfrlont municipalities that some of their jurisdiction will be usurped into the federal department under the Minister of Transport. I have made submission to the Minister supporting the request of the waterfront muncipalities to be allowed to present their case. Other controversey around here has to do with the announcement of the SunLife • Assurance Companies move from Montreal to Toronto. It seems a little bit amusing if it were not such a serious matter. We have Mr. Chretien, the Minister of Finance and Mr. Trudeau the Prime Minister trying to put pressure on the SunLife Assurance Company to remain in Montreal, yet while the Government of Quebec passed• bill 101 making French the only official language in Quebec and the working language of all business the Prime Minister and his government did not raise a finger to prevent this and this is what is causing all the trouble. It seems they wish to have their cake and eat it too which we all know is not possible. J.E. LONGSTAFF - OPTOMETRIST - SEAFORTH 527-1240 Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 9:00 - 5:30 Wednesday, Saturday 9:00 -12:00 CLINTON 482.7010 Monday 9:00.5:30 By Appointment MP reports . THE BRUSSELS POST, FEBRUARY 8, 1978 —13 Election, call • hard to believe 9becEneggy8avers