From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 2 02:54:10 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22698106566B for ; Tue, 2 Feb 2010 02:54:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erich@ovitrap.com) Received: from nomoremozzie.com (nomoremozzie.com [67.212.226.44]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E29EA8FC12 for ; Tue, 2 Feb 2010 02:54:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.0.110] ([180.129.84.247]) (authenticated bits=0) by nomoremozzie.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id o122s15F009972; Mon, 1 Feb 2010 19:54:05 -0700 From: Erich Dollansky Organization: ALO Green Technologies Pte Ltd To: "Dag-Erling =?utf-8?q?Sm=C3=B8rgrav?=" Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 10:53:48 +0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.10 References: <4B5BB3F3.1070205@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> <201001272329.48695.erich@ovitrap.com> <867hqxw35n.fsf@ds4.des.no> In-Reply-To: <867hqxw35n.fsf@ds4.des.no> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <201002021053.50193.erich@ovitrap.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: I Love FreeBSD! X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:54:10 -0000 Hi, On 01 February 2010 pm 20:28:52 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav wrote: > Erich Dollansky writes: > > Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav writes: > > > Erich Dollansky writes: > > > > burning wood, oil or gas is in most regions cheaper than > > > > electricity which is most likely produced out of the same fuel but > > > > all the losses during generation and transport reduce its > > > > effectiveness dramatically. > > > Define "most regions". There is a whole world outside the US. > > any region of this globe where temperatures go below the threshold=20 > > for being comfortable and people tend to create heat by some=20 > > means. >=20 > That's begging the question, which was about the relative cost of > electrical heating vs. fossil fuels. >=20 > I live in a country that's colder than most, where close to 100% of all > electricity comes from renewable sources. you are in the lucky position that your country has a very high percentage = of hydro power plants. >=20 > FWIW, this is also the case in large parts of the US. The hydro power? Yes, but they also have to operate nuclear power plants an= d fossile fuled power plants. Hydro power plants are nearly a perfect source of electricity if there woul= d not be the need for a dam which brings environmentalists up the dam if a = new one has to be errected. Erich