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SouthernDem2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 01:17 PM Original message |
Home heating quesiton from a Southerner. |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
1. Not necessarily |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
2. Two Reasons |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 01:28 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Yes - the "all-electric" home is a nightmare in terms of utility bills. |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 05:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. If you have a geo-assisted heat pump the cost of operation is competitive |
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maine_raptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
3. Up here in Maine |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 01:27 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Have you been around a pellet stove as opposed to wood stove? |
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maine_raptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 01:33 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Pellet Stoves are good |
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merbex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 01:33 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. I stacked 3 cord of wood yesterday -it took me 6 hours |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 05:02 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Nice little reward! |
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whatever4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
4. I think it's cost, gas is cheaper, which is changing now |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 01:26 PM Original message |
It's much cheaper to produce heat via natural gas, rather than via |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
5. For a long time electricity was WAY more expensive than gas. |
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trogdor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
6. Until recently, gas heat was WAY cheaper. |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
8. Electricity is supposed to go up by 40%, next year or so we've |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 03:09 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Down comforters and lowering the thermostat is our plan to get through |
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Loonman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
9. Gas and oil used to always be cheaper than electric |
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npincus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
13. had a heat pump once: EXPENSIVE. |
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