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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
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Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no