2010/1/28 Erich Dollansky <[email protected]>: > Hi, > > On 27 January 2010 pm 21:40:32 Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: >> Erich Dollansky <[email protected]> writes: >> > burning wood, oil or gas is in most regions cheaper than >> > electricity which is most likely produced out of the same >> > fuel but all the losses during generation and transport >> > reduce its effectiveness dramatically. >> >> Define "most regions". There is a whole world outside the US. > > any region of this globe where temperatures go below the threshold > for being comfortable and people tend to create heat by some > means. > > Erich
Wood is prohibitively expensive in [sub]urban Australia. We use it more for ambiance than heating. Gas is cheap, and on a par with electricity in terms of price to the consumer, but our brown coal is hopelessly inefficient. Tony _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
