On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 06:21:49 -0400, someone wrote:

An "All Electric" house can be quite cost effective.

Not in a heating climate (exception: people who have access to
artificially low below market electricity). Fuel is burned to create
heat from which electricity is made (inefficient process). The
electricity is then transmitted a long distance (somewhat inefficient
process). At the house, it is converted back to heat (that part is
efficient).

If what you really need is the heat, is in inherently more efficient
to burn the fuel at your house.

-v.