Gas vs electric cost calculation?
If you are paying for your own electric, when does it pay to use gas instead? Is there a formula? Thanks!
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In our region electricity is generated from burning natural gas, a process that is about 33% according to a fundamental thermodynamic formula. Thus it costs three times as much to heat by turning gas into electricity vs using the gas directly.
I understand that heat pumps change the game but they are not used much in northern Canada because it is difficult to collect heat underground in winter at a useful temperature.
I understand that heat pumps change the game but they are not used much in northern Canada because it is difficult to collect heat underground in winter at a useful temperature.
