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Re: off topic All-electric homes

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From: Andreas Kohlbach
Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2018 20:25
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On Sat, 28 Apr 2018 12:05:44 -0700 (PDT), hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:
>
> In the 1960s, the electric power industry pushed for all-electric
> homes--where all appliances, including heat, would be electric.
>
> They liked electric heat since it made use of otherwise idle
> capacity in the winter (it was used in summer for a/c).
>
> In modern times, gas is now popular and more economical, though
> rates vary a lot by locality.
>
> https://books.google.com/books?id=51UEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA60&dq=life%20long%20island%20expressway&pg=PP2#v=onepage&q&f=false
>
> Many years ago, my parents used coal.  They hated it, and were
> very happy when they converted to oil heat.

Electricity heating has the disadvantage that if you had a local power
outage you had no heat. If you had some oil or gas powered system you had
it at least warm, although your fridge, TV and other appliances wouldn't work.
-- 
Andreas

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