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In article <878t97u...@usenet.ankman.de>,
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.
>-- 
>Andreas

I suspect that is less true now as most homes with gas heat will have
"central" heat where nothing will work without electricty anyway.  (If
you have a fireplace with gas logs, or old style stand-alone room heaters,
you will be better off..)
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