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Yeah, gas is bad. So bad, everyone is in a rush to liquefy it and sell it for more money overseas.

Wait, do you think there might be a connection? :unsure:
I got to drive a good 100km of the latest Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project this past weekend. Capacity is nearly tripling. Unbelievable amount of machinery and trucks working along this whole span at the same time. 3 new deep-sea ship berths for direct export to come in the Vancouver area. (This is for liquid fuels though, not gas.)

Coastal Gaslink claims to be 81% complete with an a NG pipeline from Alberta to the BC coast to deliver 2.1billion cu-ft/day for export - to help replace the burning of coal in foreign markets. (Still can't get a gas pipe to my house.)

We are so very far away from abandoning fossil fuels. Us north american households are just small-potato customers - we're not worth it.
 

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N.Y. Mayor, de Blasio signed a law today, requiring the phase-out of fossil fuel usage in new buildings. The law, which goes into effect this year and mandates new buildings are fully electric by 2027, made New York City the largest city and first large cold-weather city to phase out fossil fuel combustion in new construction.

The New York law came months after Seattle's city council had already unanimously approved a ban on gas appliances in new construction, which passed in June 2021.
It includes gas heat, water heaters, ranges, fireplaces, everything natural gas.
Don't you think they are going to need more "fossil fuel" power plants?
 

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Im curious about the electric furnaces that would be replacing the natural gas ones that are currently used.

Gas ranges and ovens do suck, electric, and especially induction are a much better way to cook.
Gas ranges and ovens are the best. You can control the temp way easier than electric. That is why the vast majority of restaurants use gas appliances as well.
 

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Im curious about the electric furnaces that would be replacing the natural gas ones that are currently used.

Gas ranges and ovens do suck, electric, and especially induction are a much better way to cook.
Be careful with the induction cooktops. While they work fast and are cool to the touch, you need special pots. I hooked one up the day before Thanksgiving last year and the homeowner had no pots that would work on it. She had to go out and buy $900.00 worth of pots and pans. Also the induction cooktops require a dedicated 40 amp 4 wire circuit. You cannot use the older 3 wire system.
What are people going to do if they have a hot water heating system? Electric furnaces are an air handling system but boilers are a different item. Larger houses might need multiple boilers.
 

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What are people going to do if they have a hot water heating system? Electric furnaces are an air handling system but boilers are a different item. Larger houses might need multiple boilers.
They won't care.
Tear them down and build new. Insulation and window efficiency were also probably below their standards anyway.

Don't be selfish.
 
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N.Y. Mayor, de Blasio signed a law today, requiring the phase-out of fossil fuel usage in new buildings. The law, which goes into effect this year and mandates new buildings are fully electric by 2027, made New York City the largest city and first large cold-weather city to phase out fossil fuel combustion in new construction.

The New York law came months after Seattle's city council had already unanimously approved a ban on gas appliances in new construction, which passed in June 2021.
It includes gas heat, water heaters, ranges, fireplaces, everything natural gas.
Was it de Blasio? he hasn't been mayor since Dec. 2021.
 

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I regularly install 27kW electric boilers in single family homes in northern Minnesota. They are about 92,000 btu/hr and FLA at 112 amps/240 volts. Generally run as a second service at a reduced rate with gas backup. Or a storage type electric furnace that needs a 200 amp dedicated service. They come as either forced air or hydronic. I think they are 37kW.
 
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