Yea, that statement would attract hairy eyeballs up here. Electric heat is only used in the cheap apartments and dorms, where it's the easiest and cheapest thing for the contractor or builder.
I lived in electric heat during college - never again. The electric heat bill was more than my rent some months. John Galt wrote: > How is that? > > I mean, maybe it's a location thing, but everywhere I've ever lived electric > has always been the expensive option. > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 11:38 AM >> To: CF-Community >> Subject: RE: So, does anyone still trust these guys? >> >> Hell no, electric heat is a lot cheaper than oil or natural gas. >> >> I would rather buy electric heat than anything else here. >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: John Galt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 11:31 AM >>> To: CF-Community >>> Subject: RE: So, does anyone still trust these guys? >>> >>> Duh, don't use electric heat. Jeez I thought anyone out of their first >>> apartment knew to look for oil or natural gas. >>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Zaphod Beeblebrox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 11:28 AM >>>> To: CF-Community >>>> Subject: Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys? >>>> >>>> Mine is running close to $400/month currently. That's for a 3300s.f. >>>> house with the thermal barrier roofing, high r-value insulation and a >>>> 13 seer heat pump. I shudder to think what it would be without the >>>> upgrades :) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 6/1/06, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>> Yeah, that is a lot, you guys should burn coal. All the cool kids >> are >>>> doing >>>>> it. >>>>> >>>>> My monthly electric bill is about $100 for my 1100 sqft house with >> 14 >>>>> computers :) >>>>> >>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>> From: Zaphod Beeblebrox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>>> >>>>>> Electricity. I was wrong though, it's only 25%. Still that comes >>> out >>>>>> to quite a chunk of change. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:207927 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
