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Twombls t1_iv5xoz5 wrote

Reply to comment by sorrycharlie88 in New England may not have enough natural gas to last the winter by mycophdstudent

In vt 95% of people do not have electric heating. Most people use gas or fuel oil.

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sorrycharlie88 t1_iv6ah9h wrote

Was quoting/replying to the guy above about NH, MA, and CT.

Also, lots of people in vt do indeed use wood but 95% is way way too high. Not to mention that there was a push towards exterior wood furnaces that require electricity and heat through water pipes running to the home, and a big push towards pellet stoves as well. And people who burn with wood stoves who also rely on oil or gas heat might not stack enough wood for winter to rely solely on wood so if something did happen they could burn through their supply too fast.

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Twombls t1_iv6ap56 wrote

75% of Massachusetts households are heated with either fuel oil or gas

I was exagerating with vermont, but only 5.93 % of households in vt are heated with electricity.

If you mean "use electricity" as in what powers the control units and fans. Then yes they use electricity. But the power draw on my natural gas furnace is less than my pc lmao.

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sorrycharlie88 t1_iv6cubt wrote

Do you understand that your furnace's power draw is irrelevant if there is no power?

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Twombls t1_iv6d4q6 wrote

There will be power. It will just be expensive

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sorrycharlie88 t1_iv6eoy7 wrote

He said in a discussion on the article about potential rolling blackouts....

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