[Greenbuilding] [BULK] Re: cost of electric versus natural gas and gasoline

[Reuben Deumling]

drifting even further afield (at least given the hold-over title of this
thread):

On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 9:35 AM, Lawrence Lile <LLile at projsolco.com> wrote:

> OTOH I do have a gas kitchen stove, which I guess is unvented if I don't
> turn the kitchen fan on.
>
And that depends on the fan. Mine which I inherited and ripped out just
redistributed everything back into the kitchen after passing it through a
'filter.'

I've been submetering my gas water heater and gas kitchen stove for many
years now, and we all know which one is required to be vented....

Anyway, with my old setup--when we lived in an apartment--the WH used <5cf
of gas per day and the stove used 7cf. Now with the WH in the basement I
have less control over its operation, so the WH consumes about 15cf/day and
the stove 9cf. For reference, a standard 400BTU/hr pilot flame corresponds
to roughly 10cf/day.

Reuben Deumling