On Friday, September 27, 2013 11:06:14 AM UTC-4, Kurt Ullman wrote:
In article ,

Alex Gunderson wrote:



On Fri, 27 Sep 2013 08:13:49 -0500, Unquestionably Confused wrote:



If you stop using the gas, what are you going to do?



That's an interesting question, as I hadn't considered any other

option but propane.



I guess, if I stop using gas, my options a

- For heating: Use a wood burner instead

- For hot water: Use electricity

- For the stove: Use electricity

- For the pool: Don't heat it

Don't know about the tree situation at your place, but one of the

few places I have seen where solar seems to work better than most

alternatives is the pool heater.

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Good grief, yes! Solar is far more cost effective than
any pool heating alternative. In CA you would think solar would be
the way to go for a pool heater. I'm actually surprised
I don't see them here in NJ. The main downside is that it
takes a fairly large array, ballpark about the size of the
pool surface area. So, you either need roof area for that,
are OK with how it looks, or need to ground mount it. But
compared to say nat gas, it's just about free to run. And
those gas heaters are 200 - 400K btus, a real disaster.