• bryndos@fedia.io
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    21 hours ago

    Fine for electrical efficiency, but in terms of fuel efficiency I can get into an odd situation where I burn the same amount of (say methane) gas in my room, vs in a remote power station (where we might assume any heat losses are not useful). I could end up getting more useful heat out of the same fuel using a nominally less efficient gas heater vs an electric one.

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      19 hours ago

      Ah yes, clearly you should burn coal/natural gas/fissionable material in your home. Very reasonable.

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        5 hours ago

        In my country gas is about 2/3rds of residential energy consumption - maybe more than as a share of residential space and water heating.

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          4 hours ago

          And you operate the power plant in your room? Why do you need a space heater then, just how cold is it there?!