electric heating is superior, let me list it up>oil and gas need their own burner units>waste of space and materials>they make noise and smoke>need a water system to function>leak? no more heat + water damage hahameanwhile, electric heaters just work, plug and playeven better, they can run on nuclear power
>>2947289My gas furnace does not require water. Is this a European thing? Either way, I'm going with a heat pump when I replace it. I need the AC anyway for the summer and not having to deal with our local gas company anymore is a win/win.
>>2947289>electric heating is superiorWhy, yes, /diy/ is a heat pump neighborhood.
its expensive dude depends on your climateif you're where its cold as fuck like me, natural gas is kingcheap gas is found in earth so burn it and forced air also provides ventilationcogeneration plants are good too but why turn gas into heat into electric then back to heatjust burn gas
>>2947289e heat is fucking soulless t. sweats all winter
>>2947289Heat pumps are superior to electric. The best electric heat can do it a 100% conversion of energy to heat. However heat pumps use a small amount of energy to move a large amount of heat from outside to inside so they are far more energy efficient for heating. Electric heat is only preferable if the outside temp is so low that a heat pump won't work. But that's why most heat pump systems will also have an electric emergency heat mode.
>>2947289Multiple choices are superior. Your lack of knowledge indicates you're fucking stupid.My heat pumps work fine but I would never be one-deep on any important tech because that's also stupid. Heat pumps like electric resistance heaters don't work during power outages so I use propane for my stove (nice to cook with too) and positioned that at one end of my house with a gas heater in the old fireplace at the other. Should SHTF happen I can pull the heater and burn wood from my woods.Should my gas plumbing be damaged in a disaster I can easily repair and/or bypass that using welding fuel gas regulators (CGA-510 fits nearly all US tanks including BBQ cylinders whose valves are tapped for it) to set pressure by flame height or expedient water manometer (flame works fine) and other parts from my welding shop parts stash.Should I lose the house my shipping container shops are comfy, welded to their steel foundation and easy to heat using portable gas heaters. If storm manages to smash those typhoon-rated structures after going through the surrounding woodlands so be it, but my ordinary hose survived Hurricane Hugo without issue.
>>2947347Yeah and single use only, at least with wood it warms you up 3 or 4 times by the time you've burned it.
>>2947387At some point you just get solar and watch the gridlets suffer during disasters while you get to cosymaxx
>>2947425What are you going to do in -40 at night?
>>2947427Well, for starters, not live someplace in the 9th circle of hell. Also, have a battery system so I have power when the grid is down and the sun ain't shining.
>>2947451are you imblying someone who lives in climates where it gets to below 0 rely on battery banks for heat during outages?yikes.you live south of the mason-dixon lineyknow what transformed humankind? Capturing fire. Electricity is neat. Flame is synonymous with life
>>2947289Then a snowstorm takes your power out for a week.
>>2947294Idk bout bumfuk nowhere that you live in, but around here most furnaces heat water which is then pumped through pipes with radiator fins all around the house
>>2947289>electric heating is superiorsure if you don't care that it costs 5x more to heat an area, electric heat is golden
>>2947888I think it's an age thing, my 1914 house and the one my mom grew up used hot water, the former with pipes no radiator, the latter with a radiator (fins). I know they are common in europe and cities with older but not ancient buildings using steam (IIRC) but they can get really hot locally and not distribute much without the addition of a fan.Having owned several systems, geothermal is the FUCKING JET literally the polar opposite of OPs all the money some of the heat. god I miss my geothermal house.
>>2947289>electric heating is superiorImagine burning coal to get the 30% electricity which is turned into heat vs just burning coal to get 100% heatGoyim does not need know
>>2947924Burn the coal, pay the toll.....Wait wut
>>2947924かっこいいお話、お兄さん, but what if I make 20% of the sun into electricity which is turned into 400% heat?
