user wrote:
On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 10:42:16 -0800, newsman wrote:
If you live in the country, ice belt, tornado belt, hurricane belt or
earthquake belt, it's probably worth it. It'll be cheaper to do it
during construction than later. Natural gas is probably the worst
choice for fuel. In a lot circumstances where electricity goes out, so
does natural gas (hurricanes and earthquates are examples).


This is a HUGE generalization. For a very large portion of the U.S., weather
and/or natural events that would knock out the natural gas delivery system
simply don't factor in as something to worry about. In all of the ice
storms/wind storms/blizzards/floods/etc I've been through, the one constant
has been that the natural gas flows when everything else has failed.

- Rich


I agree. In most parts of the country, natural gas would be the
prefered fuel for me. The possible exception would be CA, due to
eathquakes, but then relatively few people will choose to have a backup
generator there anyhow, as the temps are far more moderate than many
areas of the country. Plus most people in CA are using gas for heat,
so if the gas goes, so does the heat and having heat is one of the main
reasons for a gen to begin with.

I