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

[Benjamin Pratt]

I try to cook outdoors in the summer, and enjoy cooking and baking in
the winter. I just made something that had to simmer for several
hours. I figure this is not wasteful as I am heating the house at the
same time. But I am uncertain: is cooking with a gas stovetop or oven
a more efficient or less efficient heating source than my (86%
efficient) gas fired boiler which pumps water to the radiators. My
common sense says the stove wins, but I don't have the background to
know for sure.
Ben

On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 11:46 AM, Reuben Deumling <9watts at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>
>
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Ben Pratt
Professor, Design