From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 27 16:11:23 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 C8F1710656C6 for ; Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:11:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tonyt@logyst.com) Received: from smtp.webfaction.com (mail6.webfaction.com [74.55.86.74]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A5A178FC1A for ; Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:11:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-px0-f183.google.com (mail-px0-f183.google.com [209.85.216.183]) by smtp.webfaction.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D53F51C77ABE for ; Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:11:22 -0600 (CST) Received: by pxi13 with SMTP id 13so4098036pxi.3 for ; Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:11:22 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.141.125.18 with SMTP id c18mr1885295rvn.18.1264608681948; Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:11:21 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <201001272329.48695.erich@ovitrap.com> References: <4B5BB3F3.1070205@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> <201001272039.23424.erich@ovitrap.com> <861vhbk6nj.fsf@ds4.des.no> <201001272329.48695.erich@ovitrap.com> Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 03:11:21 +1100 Message-ID: <22166b751001270811k7cf7cf8fh40497b8d3e1eb18d@mail.gmail.com> From: Tony Theodore To: Erich Dollansky Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: =?UTF-8?Q?Dag=2DErling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= , 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: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:11:23 -0000 2010/1/28 Erich Dollansky : > Hi, > > On 27 January 2010 pm 21:40:32 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav wrote: >> 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". =C2=A0There is a whole world outside the US. > > any region of this globe where temperatures go below the threshold > for being comfortable and people tend to create heat by some > means. > > Erich Wood is prohibitively expensive in [sub]urban Australia. We use it more for ambiance than heating. Gas is cheap, and on a par with electricity in terms of price to the consumer, but our brown coal is hopelessly inefficient. Tony