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Where I live the vast majority of heat is produced by natural gas or propane. This includes water boilers, water heaters, clothes dryers, cooking ranges and ove
by rembicilious 5y ago
Where I live the vast majority of heat is produced by natural gas or propane. This includes water boilers, water heaters, clothes dryers, cooking ranges and ovens.
- WalterBright 5y agoI bet the air conditioner isn't! Besides, if you could buy an electric water heater that runs when electricity is mostly free, wouldn't you replace your gas heater? I would.
- Aerroon 5y agoThis is a good point, but would that ever actually happen? Or would it just be "free" electricity at first and later the electric boiler owners find out that a gas one would've been cheaper after all.
- WalterBright 5y agoThis winter natural gas prices are supposed to rise 30%. You're taking some level of risk regardless of which choice you make or the government makes for you.
- rembicilious 5y agoI would consider purchasing an electric boiler if the average operating cost was significantly lower. Eventually this will make sense, but it’s not something that will happen in my neck of the woods in the next 20 years.
- WalterBright 5y agoWith fixed 24/7 electric rates, it will never happen.
- thriftwy 5y agoAre these fixed in Europe? What about night/day meters?
- WalterBright 5y agoNight/day meters are not granular enough.
- markvdb 5y agoHere in Flanders (60% of Belgium in terms of population) that is not an option. No more pure natural gas heating allowed in new construction from 2023. Gas/heat pump hybrids can still be installed until 2025, but that's it. It's more strict for oil based heating. Even replacing an existing system is not allowed anymore from 2022.