On Fri, 25 Aug 2017 00:54:07 +0100, "James Wilkinson Sword"
wrote:

On Fri, 25 Aug 2017 00:48:10 +0100, wrote:

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.

That's the point. Converting the gas/oil/whatever to electricity is very very wasteful, as is transporting it to your house.
In the UK, gas costs 2.5p a unit. Electricity costs 12p a unit.

What is the unit?