[GBlist] electric heat

[Alan Courtright <acourtri@linknet.kitsap.lib.wa.us>]

The conventional wisdom says that heating with electricity is very
inefficient.  

The conventional wisdom is sometimes wrong, though it's always handy to
have around.

Are there not circumstances where electrical radiant floor heat would be
as green as (and not much more costly than) radiant heating provided by
some other means?  

I'm thinking of all the manufacturing costs, transport costs of material
and fuel, cleanness of the process, etc. etc. of oil/gas/propane/whatever
vs electricity.  Electricity is SO much simpler, and in this part of the
country it may not be much more expensive than heating with fossil fuels
of whatever kind.  And we don't get enough sunshine at the times it'd be
needed to supplement the input to a hydronic system.

                         -|//*Alan Courtright*\\|=   
                                Poulsbo, WA
                             acourtri@krl.org
                       



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