Re: Tankless Water Heaters:

[kenmore1978]

City limits

Here, city limits mean nothing to the gas company, if one lives TOO far out in the Boonies, though, than one has to have a propane tank or go all electric. Oddly enough, one city in Los Angeles County, Long Beach, runs the gas utility themselves. Very unusual. On the other hand, several cities have municipally owned power utilities, including Los Angeles itself, largest municipally owned power utility in the country. During the power "crisis", L.A. had enough power to power the entire city on it's own PLUS sell some to other utilities in the state.

 

[Cybrvanr]

gas fridges

Despite the cost of gas, and the low 7.5 cents per KWH here in Richmond VA, I still want a gas refrigerator, for the simple fact that it will keep on running when the power goes out. An absorbtion type fridge can be adapted to run on electricity pretty easily, by just adding a heating element, and I imagine the absorbtion system would be just as efficient as a compressor system.

We are no stranger to power failures around here, and for a while, I was living out of the refrigerator in my RV during the many hurricanes and other storms. I became very popular in my neighborhood when the word got out I had cold beer during one of the storms.