[DallasBiff]

Well I lived in a natural gas heat house, and it was always warm in the winter.

What is the liberals hatred of natural gas?

[Uncle Miltie]

CO2

[packagingguy]

Gas.

Liberals call it a fossil fuel.

I guess there were dinosaurs on Titan at one time.

https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/12350/scientists-solve-the-mystery-of-methane-in-titans-atmosphere/

[Jamestown1630]

I miss radiators. I grew up in an apartment where the whole complex was heated with coal through hot water radiators.

It was the most comfortable and consistent heating I’ve ever known.

[BipolarBob]

Wood heat, NG heat and if you can aford it

[Tell It Right]

If you have a heat pump to keep the house cool in the summer, that same heat pump can keep the house warm in the winter at least to some threshold. Cooler beyond that threshold requires a more standard heater.

If that standard heater is natural gas, then cool temps above the threshold give you the option to choose between heat or nat gas to heat your home. If power rates are cheaper, heat your home with the heat pump. If nat gas rates are cheaper, heat your home with the nat gas furnace. Thus you have some flexibility if the temps are in the threshold of being cool enough to run the heat, but not too cold for the heat pump.

That's how I've advised family members in northern climates who are getting old enough to need air conditioning in the summer. That's not how I do things with the usually warm Alabama climate, a variable speed heat pump, lots of incoming solar power, and, thus, an electric furnace that runs when the temps are too cold for the heat pump. But if I didn't have a significant amount of free power from solar, I'd probably prefer a nat gas furnace for when it gets too cold for the heat pump.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Natural Gas is great. Best Heaters, Best Gas Grills, Best Dryers, and Best Water Heaters.

I probably spend less than a 3rd on my Gas Bill vs. comparable Electric.

And as a bonus when bad weather strikes, I still have Natural Gas and a fairly small generator can run my furnace.

[usurper]

It really depends on where you live. I live in the North West where electricity is comparatively cheep because of all our hydro damns. I can’t believe what my family is paying in So/Cal, its 4X to 5X what I pay.

Since there’s no natural gas in my neighborhood anyway the choice was clear.

One thing I did do when I bought this house was rip out the baseboard heating and install a forced air heat pump and AC unit. Its cheep, efficient and reliable.

[RandallFlagg]

I’d love to get baseboard heaters installed. Had some in an apartment in the early 90s. Worked great.

[WASCWatch]

Depends on where you live.

[Phoenix8]

My primary is wood. I made my own mini-version of a Russian Stove, or heat sync. Weighs about 1000 pounds and sits atop my regular CEMI iron stove. I have it divided into compartments with a channel for the hot gases to flow through the interior. Takes it about 1/2 an hour to 1 hour to heat up but once it does it radiates heat evenly. It also stores heat for 2-3 hours. Usually by the morning the wood is ash but the bricks are still warm to the hand. I used leftover bricks from a construction site and scrap steel from a recycle yard. It is held together with silicone caulk that hardened into a nice solid. For the base atop the CEMI stove we used the leftover slab of granite from our kitchen counter. I calculated I save 3 ricks of firewood a winter—minimum.

[linMcHlp]

bkmk

[JesusIsLord]

During my lifetime, I've used heat pump (electric), natural gas and coal for winter heat. Natural gas and coal provide a penetrating heat compared to electric heat pump.

Gas is much cleaner than coal. In my experience, natural gas is the best source for heating a home.

[redfreedom]

To me there’s no discussion. Gas is much cheaper. When the electricity goes out one still has the option to light the stove’s burners, something we’ve done several times. Keep a little fresh air coming in, and the burners won’t kill you.

We also heavily favor firewood, which heats our home most of the day.

I feel sorry for those living in commieland where their natural gas will soon be history. Having to rely on electric heat when the grid can’t take it will not be fun. Voting for the wrong people does have its drawbacks.

[ansel12]

All my heating is from space heaters, they are quiet and have good thermostats so it is pretty much like having central heat.

[RayChuang88]

There was a valid choice in the past: gas was better for fast heating. But the development of modern heat pumps since the 1990’s have close to erased the advantage of using natural gas.

[Empire_of_Liberty]

It is a stupid question, to ask which is “better”, though an interesting thread.

Better how? Cost, efficiency, volume of heat production?

I suppose if the choice is freezing to death, it doesn’t matter how much the heat costs.

Interesting discussion, though.

[BobL]

Electric heating is gay.

[AppyPappy]

We have heated ceilings in this house. Turned off of course. Our system is a heat pump with a gas feed. Emergency Heat is gas. Two gas fireplaces, 4 Morningwood gas heaters.

[bert]

There are too many variables to answer the question. The cost of a btu of heat is a function of the cost of a btu of gas or electric heat in a specific location at a specific time.

Both are variable and either may be less expensive at the time.

Electric heat using electricity produced by gas turbines is beneficial of both simultaneously

[dennisw]

“What is the liberals hatred of natural gas?”

Because their women and feminized men are afraid of gas leak explosions. Using electricity to heat and cook is nuts. Plus it makes your house more of an electromagnetic hot zone. Heating with gas and oil is as organic as crunchy granola. Gas and oil are made from organic dead dinosaurs.