"Chris Lewis" wrote in message
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According to kjpro @ usenet.com:

"Steven Andrade" wrote in message
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Just bought a house that's all electric and has a heat pump for
heating.
Is that a good choice for the Midwest region? We're installing a gas
line
for a
fireplace and I wonder if I shouldn't replace the heat pump with a gas
unit when
it dies. It's 18 years old now so I don't see many more days of life
in
it.

How about the water heater? Gas or electric?

Don't know unless you post your utility rates, but my bet is that the HP
is
going to be cheaper.

If the backup heat on the HP is gas, it will _always_ be cheaper. As
long as the gas prices don't overtake electric...


Not true, it all comes down to current utility cost for ones area.
Electric may be cheaper, Gas may be cheaper... Oil may be cheaper... it's
all a guess without utility costs.