• TachyonTele@lemm.ee
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    8 hours ago

    Climate. You’re not going to need gas heating in Florida when it’s cold for only a short time of the year.

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      4 hours ago

      Electric heating also works great basically everywhere else, too. Actually climate has very little to do with it in most cases and if there’s any non-manipulative reason(gas companies are really bad for this) it’s to do with what infrastructure makes the most sense.

      In places like Québec we have electric heating because hydro makes electricity pretty cheap. Up north in Nunavut they will often have big tanks on the property and a truck will come by to refill them.

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        3 hours ago

        Infrastructure definitely contributes to what’s going to be used. Good call.

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      8 hours ago

      Makes sense for Florida! I expected the opposite on the West coast though

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        7 hours ago

        Electricity is more expensive out west than in the deep South. Also there’s more oil and gas wells nearby lowering the transport/delivery costs.