From: Banty 
Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house
Subject: Re: Is gas still cheaper than electric in CT?
Date: 4 Aug 2006 06:57:30 -0700

In article <1154574141.662974.303500@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com>, Dwayne 
Hoover says...
>
>I'm buying a house in CT the house I'm buying will have an electric
>stove and no clothes dryer. The heat is oil but they have a gas line on
>the block. I'd like to cook with gas and I hear that a gas powered
>dryer could save me up to $50 a year in energy costs. I'll have to pay
>to bring a gas line from the street to the house. Does anyone have a
>round figure of what it will cost me vs. the energy savings to convert
>both the stove and  clothes dryer to gas?
>

I think you're asking the wrong question, though.

My understanding over the years is that gas goes up and down, and trying to
chase a few savings based on current gas vs. oil (for those thinking about heat)
vs. electric prices is a bit like rainbow-chasing.  Except that consistently
electric heat is pretty steep.  Other than that, I'd make my decisions based on
lifestyle factors and expense to install factors.

If you really like cooking with gas, that's significantly a different thing from
cooking with electric - so I'd go with gas if I were you.  Regarding the dryer,
I'd base that more on what you decide concerning your stove and what the ease of
conversion for the dryer is.  Time to get some quotes.

Banty (sticking with electric for both since I can't smell mercaptan well)


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