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[Erich Dollansky]

Hi,

On 01 February 2010 pm 20:28:52 Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote:
> Erich Dollansky <erich at ovitrap.com> writes:
> > Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des at des.no> writes:
> > > Erich Dollansky <erich at 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 
> > for being comfortable and people tend to create heat by some 
> > means.
> 
> That's begging the question, which was about the relative cost of
> electrical heating vs. fossil fuels.
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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 and fossile fuled power plants.

Hydro power plants are nearly a perfect source of electricity if there would not be the need for a dam which brings environmentalists up the dam if a new one has to be errected.

Erich