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> However I must point out that you shouldn't do this in most circumstances, there are environmentally friendly ways of heating your house. What aspect do you
by dmos62 6y ago
> However I must point out that you shouldn't do this in most circumstances, there are environmentally friendly ways of heating your house.
What aspect do you think could be friendlier to the environment? Rare metals and production emissions in high tech electronics? Or the fact that it's using electricity (as opposed to more isolation)?
- IgorPartola 6y agoYour electricity likely comes from burning coal. Coal pollutes quite badly. Other ways to heat a dwelling are more efficient. For example natural gas heaters burn cleaner and energy losses are much smaller compared to all the conversion losses (by the time you produce a BTU of heat from electricity, several BTUs of energy have been lost due to conversion losses, while burning gas is much closer to perfect efficiency though obviously not perfectly efficient). Or if you can use co-generation, you essentially produce no noticeable environmental impact at all. Or you could go the other route and invest in insulation or a molten salt wall for passive heating.
- dmos62 6y agoBut electricity isn't inherently dirty, right? It's probably better to have the network shift to greener sources than have every consumer do that individually.
- IgorPartola 6y agoRight. If you use solar panels you are definitely better off. The question is whether you are or not and for the time being most places still don’t use renewable energy sources.
- dreen 6y agoApart from what others mentioned, proper insulation is the best way to keep your house warm, it is missing from many houses.