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In reply to the discussion: On the gas stoves issue [View all]Model35mech
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Gas still does the BIG jobs better for less. I say that as the owner of home in WI using electric everything. Even with a VERY well insulated passive solar house. Electric is more costly than gas. Philosophically I like my geothermal heat, geothermal/electric hybrid water heater (it makes supplemental hot water when it runs air-conditioning and heating. Yes. electric outages which happen to me 2-3 times a winter can stop everything.
But I also have 2 high efficiency wood burners for days of deep cold (after 6 hours below zero F, the ground temp around the geothermal coils drops and it can't keep up with heat demand. I find renewable biomass wood from my 7 acre woodlot is WAY cheaper than Wisconsin electric running thru the 'auxillary' heating rods
I put that all together over a decade ago. I was worried that someone would start eliminating domestic fossil fueled home heating, and now it is starting. I was pretty sure that as long as there was civilization there would be electrical service.
Of course, after Trump, civilization is uncertain.