On Wed, 7 Sep 2016 06:12:08 -0700 (PDT), "
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And why it is that when we built our summer house, we went to Propane for heat, hot water & cooking.

Grid independence, I'm sure.

We went with gas because the power system here was flakey and could go
out for hours at a time. Our gas hotplates have one 'D' cell
providing ignition, while the wall oven does require AC for the
igniter/flame-monitor/gas-control (BUT that's all able to be jury
rigged off a PC UPS in about a minute flat) so cooking during a
blackout is a non-event.