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Power use and HeatPower use and HeatPosted Jun 6, 2008 18:08 UTC (Fri) by giraffedata (subscriber, #1954)In reply to: Power use and Heat by wookey Parent article: Fedora harnesses the power of idle computers with Nightlife
I believe central electric heating is rare in the US, because it's cheaper and more useful to put a separate electric heater in every room. In contrast, gas/coal/oil systems are centralized because it isn't practical to put a burner in every room. Or even a thermostat. I've seen central electric (forced air is worth paying more for for many people), just not very much. I don't know why that would differ between the UK and the US, though.
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Power use and Heat Posted Jun 6, 2008 19:09 UTC (Fri) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link] Central heating in towns and cities in the UK is pretty universally natural gas-based. Outlying regions might use oil-based heating, storage heaters, or stranger systems, and places with broken or very old central heating or bad insulation might choose to stick electrical heaters in some rooms. Pure house-wide electricity-based systems are unheard of (by me at least): even heating your water with electricity is an emergency fallback for when the gas or boiler goes out. (It's also pretty much a historical curiosity: in thirty years I've never seen a built-in electrical immersion heater used, but they're still widely fitted).
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