Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 10:53:48 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky <erich@ovitrap.com> To: "Dag-Erling =?utf-8?q?Sm=C3=B8rgrav?=" <des@des.no> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: I Love FreeBSD! Message-ID: <201002021053.50193.erich@ovitrap.com> In-Reply-To: <867hqxw35n.fsf@ds4.des.no> References: <4B5BB3F3.1070205@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> <201001272329.48695.erich@ovitrap.com> <867hqxw35n.fsf@ds4.des.no>
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Hi, On 01 February 2010 pm 20:28:52 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav wrote: > Erich Dollansky <erich@ovitrap.com> writes: > > Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav <des@des.no> writes: > > > Erich Dollansky <erich@ovitrap.com> 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
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