Gas appliances are much more efficient than electric for an obvious reason: If you burn fuel to make electricity, you have a 50% conversion loss. Burn the same fuel to produce heat directly makes much more sense. But if your fuel comes from a fucking Nazi who is determined to screw you anyway he possibly can and you can't get it from any other source...the physics goes out the window.
There is also the issue that you just don't need a lot of heating in Phoenix. Like I said, we have never used heat at all in previous winters. Admittedly, that's living in an upstairs apartment where we would receive residual heat from the apartment downstairs. We'll probably need to use some small amount of heating during the coolest days in the new place but nothing a small space heater can't handle. We have no problem with wearing a sweater in the winter - hell, we're just happy to be getting a break from 100+ degree F days!
There is also the issue that you just don't need a lot of heating in Phoenix. Like I said, we have never used heat at all in previous winters. Admittedly, that's living in an upstairs apartment where we would receive residual heat from the apartment downstairs. We'll probably need to use some small amount of heating during the coolest days in the new place but nothing a small space heater can't handle. We have no problem with wearing a sweater in the winter - hell, we're just happy to be getting a break from 100+ degree F days!
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
