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indyjoe · 06-30-2008

My new home is all electric. I love to cook on gas, so I have to decide if I want to convert to gas or not. The one thing I keep thinking about is that natural gas and propane will keep going up in price. We import about 75% of NG, if I'm remembering that statistic correctly.

Solar is getting more and more efficient. I think I might be better to stick with electric and spend the conversion money on building up a solar assist to my electric bill. That would still be useful if we got into a crazy situation with utility prices or lost the grid for any reason.

The nice thing is that there is a good fireplace with insert and outside air combustion. This means that it shouldn't rob the house of heat by sucking in combustion air while running and add to the winter heat. Not quite as good as a wood burning stove, but far better than a gas fireplace.

06-30-2008	#3 (permalink)
indyjoe Not your average Joe Join Date: May 2008 Location: Indy Posts: 1,490	My new home is all electric. I love to cook on gas, so I have to decide if I want to convert to gas or not. The one thing I keep thinking about is that natural gas and propane will keep going up in price. We import about 75% of NG, if I'm remembering that statistic correctly. Solar is getting more and more efficient. I think I might be better to stick with electric and spend the conversion money on building up a solar assist to my electric bill. That would still be useful if we got into a crazy situation with utility prices or lost the grid for any reason. The nice thing is that there is a good fireplace with insert and outside air combustion. This means that it shouldn't rob the house of heat by sucking in combustion air while running and add to the winter heat. Not quite as good as a wood burning stove, but far better than a gas fireplace. __________________ 228 - I know what I'm about.