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You seem to assume that energy cost is the same no matter how it's delivered. Here in California, electricity is much more expensive than natural gas for the s
by happyopossum 4y ago
You seem to assume that energy cost is the same no matter how it's delivered. Here in California, electricity is much more expensive than natural gas for the same amount of potential energy.
- Epa095 4y agoYeah delivery cost might be a factor, maybe it costs more to deliver 1 kWh of electricity through a wire than (the equivalent of) 1 kWh of gas with a truck (that's what you use right?). Gas, if its stored in a big tank under your house, also had the advantage of beeing "locally cached", so you don't have to dimension the system for the max load in the same way.
- maxerickson 4y agoMany urbanized areas in the US have natural gas distribution pipelines. Rural areas rely on propane delivery, which is roughly 2x the cost of the piped natural gas (per unit of energy).