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Article #623352Re: off topic All-electric homes
From: Andreas Kohlbach
Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2018 22:39
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 My random toughts and comments https://news-commentaries.blogspot.com/
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