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On Saturday, April 28, 2018 at 6:04:20 PM UTC-4, Peter Flass wrote:
> Andreas Kohlbach <a...@spamfence.net> wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> No, because the thermostat, fan, and controls require electricity. If you
> have a generator it will be more than enough to run the furnace. I like
> electric because it is cleaner (had oil in one house, coal and gas as a
> kid), and because your heat is automatically zoned, so you can heat or not
> heat different rooms however you want.

Yes, in even in our old house, where the gas was just hot air,
no fan, but the thermostat was still electric and needed to turn
the furnance on and off.

Of course, that was a city house, and power failures were extremely
rare.