Thank you, I was not aware that natural gas generation was so inefficient. I wonder how from a pure greenhouse gasses perspective, the numbers stack up. I know

Thank you, I was not aware that natural gas generation was so inefficient. I wonder how from a pure greenhouse gasses perspective, the numbers stack up. I know that leaked methane is much worse than CO2. 28x according to [1] This source [2] says that the grid looses: 2% - 5% of gas between provider and consumer. Even assuming that your grid is 90% just gas plants stil. 30% loss at the power plant, 5% loss from electrical grid. So for every unit of water heated you are wasting 35% of the energy. Vs say 2% loss in the natural gas grid. but that 2% is 28x worse than burned CO2. Am I completely wrong in saying that from a pure this hurts the planet more electric based water heaters often probably still win? [1] https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/understanding-global-warming-potentials https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/understanding-global-warmin... [2] https://pubs.naruc.org/pub/FA86BB52-AE3F-D8AC-B295-801BD6DC6435 https://pubs.naruc.org/pub/FA86BB52-AE3F-D8AC-B295-801BD6DC6...