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Old 07-29-2007, 12:09 AM
 
Location: MarquettePark Chicago
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In my family, and all of my life, electric dryers, or furnaces, or water heaters, was taboo. I am thirty seven, and now; just getting used to forced air heat, and air conditioning. I miss my radiators something awful.


I may be wrong, but most gas appliances, outlast out perform, and operate more cheaply than their electric counterparts.

Illinois and the Midwest are the Saudi Arabia of Coal and Natural Gas, there is a three hundred year supply of coal, in Southern Illinois that hasnt been tapped yet
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Old 07-29-2007, 08:49 AM
 
Location: Foot of the Rockies
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I remember my mom telling me her dad, my grandfather, hooked up a lawnmower enginge to a washing machine because they had no electricity in N. Wisconsin at the time (1920s and 30s).
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Old 07-30-2007, 02:17 AM
 
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I remember the setup i had in Mount Carroll

Gas Water Heater, Gas Boiler (radiator heat is the GREATEST), Electric Washer/Dryer, Gas Oven.

Lot of places here in the South have All Electric because the Winters don't get so bad down here that they can use Heat Pumps and be cheaper than Nat Gas.
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Old 07-30-2007, 10:02 AM
 
Location: Suburban St. Louis
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No, us "whipper snappers" don't admit our mistakes. Only senior citizens.
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Old 07-31-2007, 12:47 PM
 
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I would actually prefer electric to be honest. Nicor\'s rates aren\'t exactly a bargain by any means anymore, and to be honest I used to have gas as well as electric in my house which constituted two bills coming to me every month. Now I\'m on all electric meaning one bill a month and my costs have actually went down. I was able to get on the levelized payment plan and with Comed there is an offer called the \"all electric advantage\" which is where the power company will give you a 10% discount on all of your bills provided all of your appliances and heat are using soley electric. Electric also has less waste as there is no need to exahust the air outside of your building or house via stack due to carbon monoxide created from buring fossil fuels; where as with electric I am able to keep all the heat I generate in my house. The same goes for garage heaters too.
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