For those complaining of the cost of electricity vs natural gas, consider if the cost matters when you are comparing to burning something you shouldn’t be burning in the first place. It’s a bit like complaining it’s cheaper to steal food from a store instead of pay for it.
And I know electricity production is not renewable everywhere in the world yet, but at least it’s on a path and possible. Burning natural gas doesn’t have that course.
> I know electricity production is not renewable everywhere in the world yet, but at least it’s on a path and possible
And somewhat counter-intuitively, even if you are going to consume that natural gas, it still works out better for the power plant to use it to generate electricity that's used to run a heat pump than to burn it directly for heat.
Your response is only true if using electricity to heat is cheaper than using gas to heat. It isn’t for resistive heating. For heat pumps it can, but it has to be high efficiency heat pumps that start efficient even at cold winter temps
And I know electricity production is not renewable everywhere in the world yet, but at least it’s on a path and possible. Burning natural gas doesn’t have that course.