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On an individual basis that may be true. But the real issue here is whether to maintain and continue to build new (potentially leaky) gas networks to housing. B
by matthewdgreen 5y ago
On an individual basis that may be true. But the real issue here is whether to maintain and continue to build new (potentially leaky) gas networks to housing. By replacing your stove with an electric one (only after it wears out) you’d be slightly reducing the pressure and incentive the pressure on municipalities and utilities.
- mikewarot 5y agoI still need gas for the water heater, the furnace and the clothes dryer. Otherwise we're back to looking at 200 Amp service again, and if everyone did it, doubling the size of the grid, and building even more fossil fueled generating stations to make up for the new electric load.
- josephcsible 5y agoSo what? Aren't electric heat pumps powered by natural gas power plants better for the environment than natural gas furnaces?
- mikewarot 5y agoNot in the Midwest, when it often goes well below freezing, and usually as low as -40 degrees at least once per winter.