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Are you trying to say that the risk to lose electricity is bigger than the risk to lose the other heat sources? Wouldn't houses at risk have some sort of contin
by cinntaile 4y ago
Are you trying to say that the risk to lose electricity is bigger than the risk to lose the other heat sources? Wouldn't houses at risk have some sort of contingency measures in place such as insulated pipes, alternative heat sources,..?
- vel0city 4y ago> Are you trying to say that the risk to lose electricity is bigger than the risk to lose the other heat sources? From my personal experiences, yes. Gas pipelines are practically always buried, electricity lines are often overhead and subject to storm damage. There have been dozens of times in my life where electricity is out but natural gas infrastructure is still available.
- cinntaile 4y agoI wonder what causes this, the gas infrastructure needs electricity for the compressors too but maybe they have auxiliary power at each pump station? Some pressure reduction is probably acceptable too so there might be "automatic" redundancy.
- mfer 4y ago> Are you trying to say that the risk to lose electricity is bigger than the risk to lose the other heat sources? In many places electricity is transitioned via above ground lines. Natural gas is via buried pipes. The above ground lines have far more issues due to natural events (like storms or tree branches falling). In addition to this, electricity already hit peak loads in some areas due to other things drawing on it. Electricity is more likely to have outages than natural gas.