On Fri, 25 Aug 2017 00:15:47 +0100, "James Wilkinson Sword"
wrote:

On Tue, 22 Aug 2017 06:02:27 +0100, wrote:

On Tue, 22 Aug 2017 03:02:37 +0100, "James Wilkinson Sword"
wrote:


Why would you need 22kW to run a house? My house averages 1kW, and peak is about 10kW.

You must have fossil fuel hot water,

Natural (methane) gas. 2.5p a unit instead of 12p a unit.

no air conditioning,

An AC unit is typically a few kW.

fossil stove, city water etc

Both gas. Electricity is inefficient.

There are a lot of places here beyond the reach of the natural gas
infrastructure and city water. We use what we can get.
Actually electric heating of any kind is 100% efficient. No heat goes
up the stack but there is some inefficiency getting the electricity to
the customer. It is still cheaper than trucked in propane tho.