tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247002493176705100.post8890480958873900104..comments2023-10-14T02:24:04.900-07:00Comments on This Day In Science Fiction: 8 July 2015Prof. Hubbardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16575880031145705761noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247002493176705100.post-77888014234159871842015-07-08T20:52:56.716-07:002015-07-08T20:52:56.716-07:00Also, Women Of The Prehistoric Planet was MiSTed.....Also, <i>Women Of The Prehistoric Planet</i> was MiSTed...<br /><br />And in the FWIW file, Jeffrey Tambor spent a couple of seasons working with Milwaukee Rep theater....zombie rotten mcdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10601960953323752278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247002493176705100.post-33362501722653824202015-07-08T20:48:44.304-07:002015-07-08T20:48:44.304-07:00"Damn your eyes!"
"Too Late!"..."Damn your eyes!"<br /><br />"Too Late!"<br /><br />...hero? perhaps a bit overstated. As a matter of fact, I was recently very nearly a dead undead zombie...<br /><br />But historically, the big drawback to electric heat was the relative expense of electricity vs. oil and later, gas. Now that scarcity has driven the price of fossil fuel heat higher, and the impact of the extraction industry (not to mention the impact of buried oil tanks leaking), electric heat has become wash and its especially useful in existing buildings, where routing forced air systems or hot water piping is difficult and expensive. I have used a couple of small electric strips in my house in cold areas, and the energy cost is less than if we tried to increase the overall heat to make these areas less cold.<br /><br />Also in favor of electric heat is the fact that the source of electric power is fungible, and can increasingly be provided by renewable sources like wind and solar. Not to mention that the White House intends to roll out an initiative to include solar panels on federally funded housing projects (Damn you, Obama!).<br /><br />HVAC units are also becoming smaller and more efficient; through wall units can cover an entire small house or an entire floor of a multi story house, with minimal ducting required and little loss of efficiency or any significant devotion of floor area.<br /><br />At this point, the only thing preventing increased use of electric heat is the public perception that it is more expensive.<br /><br />However, increasingly geothermal is going to become competitive, and will be based on forced-air after a water-to-air converter provides tempered air (cooled OR heated) to an air handler. Typically, this system will include an electric heat element as well in case the air needs a bit of a boost in extremely cold temps.zombie rotten mcdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10601960953323752278noreply@blogger.com