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Re: off topic All-electric homes

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From: Andreas Kohlbach
Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2018 22:39
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On 28 Apr 2018 20:47:51 GMT, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
>
> 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:
>>
>>> 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.
>
> 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..)

That depends on where you live. Here in Canada (where I live) much of the
heating is generated by electricity. I recall a power outage in Toronto
last year due to a fire, leaving residents freezing. Some lit up fires in
their home and succumbed carbon dioxide asphyxiation.
-- 
Andreas

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