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- From: rthigpen <rthigpen AT nc.rr.com>
- To: "Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [internetworkers] Gas Stoves
- Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2003 12:49:33 -0400
Shea Tisdale wrote:
Because gas is expensive? Price of natural gas has trippled in the last
year and Gas stoves cost more than electric.
Electric stoves don't have a problem blowing up...
yep, gas has gone up, and may well go higher.
some quick thermal figuring (math probably faulty, many assumptions, YMMV):
rates:
1 therm NG ~= $1.18 (PSNC) plus facility charge, but if you're hooked up then that's a sunk cost anyway. we're talkin' marginal costs here.
1 kW electricity ~= $0.080 (Progress - seasonal 0.0744 to 0.0844)
conversion factors:
1 kilowatt hour of electricity = 3,413 BTU
100,000 BTU = 1 Therm
so:
1 Therm NG = 29.3 kwH
Which will cost you:
$1.18 as gas
$2.33 as electric
Never underestimate the inefficiency and expense of pushing ergs through the electric grid.
Plus cooking with gas is immeasurably superior. You can sear stuff right over the flame. You have control. If you buy the right stove, it works when the lights go out. It looks neat. Hell, it's "fire in the kitchen".
--rt
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Re: [internetworkers] Gas Stoves
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Re: [internetworkers] Gas Stoves,
Diana Duncan, 07/04/2003
- Re: [internetworkers] Gas Stoves, David Minton, 07/04/2003
- [internetworkers] Matchbox Twenty et al at Walnut Creek, Colleen McCarthy, 07/04/2003
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RE: [internetworkers] Gas Stoves,
Jim Ray, 07/03/2003
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Re: [internetworkers] Gas Stoves,
Shea Tisdale, 07/03/2003
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Re: [internetworkers] Gas Stoves,
David Minton, 07/03/2003
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Re: [internetworkers] Gas Stoves,
Shea Tisdale, 07/03/2003
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Re: [internetworkers] Gas Stoves,
David Minton, 07/03/2003
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Re: [internetworkers] Gas Stoves,
zman, 07/03/2003
- Re: [internetworkers] Gas Stoves, Roger Austin, 07/03/2003
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Re: [internetworkers] Gas Stoves,
zman, 07/03/2003
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Re: [internetworkers] Gas Stoves,
rthigpen, 07/03/2003
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Re: [internetworkers] Gas Stoves,
Ian Meyer, 07/03/2003
- Re: [internetworkers] Gas Stoves, rthigpen, 07/03/2003
- Re: [internetworkers] Gas Stoves, Jim Ray, 07/03/2003
- Re: [internetworkers] Gas Stoves, rthigpen, 07/03/2003
- Re: [internetworkers] Gas Stoves, BigLee Haslup, 07/03/2003
- Re: [internetworkers] Gas Stoves, Roger Austin, 07/03/2003
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Re: [internetworkers] Gas Stoves,
Ian Meyer, 07/03/2003
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Re: [internetworkers] Gas Stoves,
David Minton, 07/03/2003
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Re: [internetworkers] Gas Stoves,
Shea Tisdale, 07/03/2003
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Re: [internetworkers] Gas Stoves,
David Minton, 07/03/2003
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Re: [internetworkers] Gas Stoves,
Shea Tisdale, 07/03/2003
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Re: [internetworkers] Gas Stoves,
Diana Duncan, 07/04/2003
- Re: [internetworkers] Gas Stoves, David R. Matusiak, 07/03/2003
- Re: [internetworkers] Gas Stoves, David R. Matusiak, 07/03/2003
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