On Mon, 1 Dec 2003 00:31:49 -0500, AzuReBlue
> wrote:

> In article >,
> says...
> > On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 16:52:05 -0600, "jmcquown"
> > > wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > And Ray won't hear of a gas range; he's got a terrible
> > > paranoia about cooking with gas.
> > >
> >
> > I with Ray - especially about the ovens... and gas dryers
> > too.
> >
> > They're creepy, latently dangerous and much more of a
> > concern to me than some electric coil "bursting" (never
> > heard that one before).
> >
>
> After reading that, I'm looking at my appliances in a whole new light
> now :-) Everything in my house is gas - stove, hot water heater, furnace
> and dryer. Maybe it's a regional thing, but here in mich. gas is alot
> cheaper than electric and if the power goes out, I can still cook and
> take a hot shower.

The fuel you use for your heat is your least expensive fuel.
We use gas for our furnace and hot water heater. Therefore
gas is less expensive. If all I cared about was the
expense, I'd cook with gas and dry my clothes with gas...
but I can't do it. It absolutely creeps me out to use a gas
oven or dryer because I'm from an era when there were no
safeguards (although I'm getting better about the thought of
gas stovetops).

The only way I can justify my non-reluctance about using gas
for the furnace and water heater is:
Out of sight, out of mind.

I'm from Michigan originally, but when I lived there our
heat was oil not gas. We had huge tanks which the
supplier's truck pumped oil into and they had to be a
certain number of yards from the house in case they blew up.
Oil, gas.... <shiver>

> It seems to heat the house alot better too.

Gas is central heat. Electric is not. That's why gas
"seems" to heat houses better. You NEED central heat in
Michigan... in fact if your house is big enough, you'll need
two "central" heat furnaces to be comfortable.