Re: OT: Electric Heating

The Judge wrote:

> I was wondering if anyone here has any comparisons between gas and
> electric heating? Have you or someone you know switched to electric from
> gas? I was wondering if you switched to electric for heating the house
> and your water would it be so much cheaper.

If you go by current electricity and natural gas prices, a high 
efficiency gas furnace will be cheaper.

BUT this is just for now..  North America is on the verge of undergoing 
a 'green' change.

There are hundreds of coal burning power stations across the US and
Canada.  Most of them will be changed over to natural gas in the next
few years.  Natural gas burns cleaner and pollutes less than coal.  

Many US states have put a moratorium on building coal power stations, 
so new ones will have to be natural gas.

Because of this, expect natural gas prices to go through the roof
in the next few years as demand rises.  (Just like gasoline is 
doing now).

Go electric.......


PS
Manitoba has already converted one of their coal power stations
to natural gas.  This is just the beginning of what we're going to 
see across North America in the not too distant future.  

http://www.hydro.mb.ca/cor****ate/facilities/gs_selkirk.pdf

Also.. If you invest in the stock market, start buying and holding 
stocks for companies dealing in natural gas.  I've added a couple to
my ****tfolio.