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- From: acampane@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Angelo Campanella)
- Subject: Re: Domestic hot water heaters - oil vs. electric
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.203109.20613@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 20:31:09 GMT
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- Granted, 100%, or nearly so, of the heat energy of electric heaters ends up in
- the water, but when you think of your pocketbook, the conclusion differs.
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- Years ago, when I first inhabited my own apartment with the attendant utility
- bills, I went through a comparitive evaluation.
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- Dollar wise, coal heat is cheapest, followed by gas, then oil, and electricity
- is by far the most costly. As far as domestic resources are concerned, it is
- also the most invoved, requiring not only the energy material, but also
- boilers, turbines, generators, transmission lines, transformers, meters and
- house wiring.
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- I have a gas hot-water heater. About 10 years ago, I replaced our electric
- dryer with a gas-fired dryer. Operating cost is about half that of electric.
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- Ang.
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