Date: Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:28:52 +0100 From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no> To: Erich Dollansky <erich@ovitrap.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: I Love FreeBSD! Message-ID: <867hqxw35n.fsf@ds4.des.no> In-Reply-To: <201001272329.48695.erich@ovitrap.com> (Erich Dollansky's message of "Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:29:46 %2B0800") References: <4B5BB3F3.1070205@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> <201001272039.23424.erich@ovitrap.com> <861vhbk6nj.fsf@ds4.des.no> <201001272329.48695.erich@ovitrap.com>
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Erich Dollansky <erich@ovitrap.com> writes: > Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav <des@des.no> writes: > > Erich Dollansky <erich@ovitrap.com> writes: > > > burning wood, oil or gas is in most regions cheaper than > > > electricity which is most likely produced out of the same fuel but > > > all the losses during generation and transport reduce its > > > effectiveness dramatically. > > Define "most regions". There is a whole world outside the US. > any region of this globe where temperatures go below the threshold=20 > for being comfortable and people tend to create heat by some=20 > means. That's begging the question, which was about the relative cost of electrical heating vs. fossil fuels. I live in a country that's colder than most, where close to 100% of all electricity comes from renewable sources. FWIW, this is also the case in large parts of the US. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no
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