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The gas prices recently have been sky high, but earlier that was not the case. Gas heaters are cheaper and are in general more efficient than electricity. My hv
by darth_avocado 4y ago
The gas prices recently have been sky high, but earlier that was not the case. Gas heaters are cheaper and are in general more efficient than electricity. My hvac was down this winter for a couple of weeks and despite the high prices of gas, it was still more expensive (orders of magnitude) to heat the whole house using electric heaters (that my landlord graciously arranged).
This makes no sense.
- mirashii 4y ago> Gas heaters are cheaper and are in general more efficient than electricity. If you count heat pumps as electricity, this hasn't been true for a long, long time.
- HDThoreaun 4y ago> Gas heaters are cheaper and are in general more efficient than electricity. No longer true, especially in moderate climates such as the bay.
- darth_avocado 4y agoYou don’t run heaters when the weather is moderate.
- HDThoreaun 4y agoSf does get cold enough to use heat, but yes, it doesn’t make sense to have a furnace that you rarely use. Even still though heat pumps are cheaper over lifespan than furnaces until you get to consistently sun zero temps.