Russia and Ukraine flashpoint

[Bofferbrauer2]

SvennoJ said:

Bofferbrauer2 said:

Bolded: Hence why electrification needs to get pushed forward also in homes. This would eliminate the need for natural gas as electricity can be produced by a plethora of other sources.

Rather not. Power failures still happen plenty here in Canada (power lines are all above ground). Big storm, power outage. At least with gas you can still warm up. You can't BBQ on electric either. Plus a gas dryer is more efficient than electric.

Changing to hydrogen gas is a good option but needs a lot of infrastructure changes.



You can produce the hydrogen in home of course. Another appliance for the utility room next to water heater and central air. But it's probably more efficient to do so at industrial scale and you have far less 'leakage' in transport like you have with electricity.

(And then you still have an alternative source of heat when the power goes out)

Power lines above ground are a rarity in western Europe (Apart of the very high voltage long-distance ones, which to my knowledge are almost never affected by anything), and I think much of eastern and southern Europe, too, so this problem is much less an issue here.

Oh, and there are electric BBQ grills. We got two of them here btw.

And I don't think I have ever seen a gas dryer in my entire life here, or even heard of that concept before. I couldn't even find one on Amazon here.

Last edited by Bofferbrauer2 - on 05 June 2025