Everyhing in our houses can be run by electricity, from heating to hot water and cooktops. That makes me think natural gas can only be useful to produce electricity in gas power plants.

Electricity higher efficiency and lower leaking or dispersion, suggests a win-win situation.

  • Shrike502@lemmygrad.ml
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    2
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    2 years ago

    Problem is, if the grid goes down - you suddenly lose everything. And the grid can occasionally go down, whether due to malfunction or malicious intent (as was the case in North Carolina recently)

    • Slatlun@lemmy.ml
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      2 years ago

      Unless it has a pilot light it needs electricity to function. So most modern gas appliances are as useless as electric ones when the power is out. The only exception I can think of is a stove where a normal person could probably safely get it lit with a match or lighter.

      • Shrike502@lemmygrad.ml
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        2 years ago

        Well I’ve never seen a gas stove that couldn’t be more or less safely lit with a match. My own technically has an electric igniter, but it’s broken, so I use a lighter

        • Slatlun@lemmy.ml
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          2
          ·
          2 years ago

          Yeah, that’s why I called stoves out as the exception. Ovens are 50/50 depending on the design. Modern gas water heaters, furnaces, and fridges are not safe to take a lighter to though.

    • suokoOP
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      2 years ago

      You could have smaller local gas power plants in the meantime…

      • Shrike502@lemmygrad.ml
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        2 years ago

        How small? Takes a lot of energy to keep the heating on, not to mention stuff like stoves and fridges.

        I’m not saying it’s impossible, but rather that it’s not that simple

        • suokoOP
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          2 years ago

          I’m talking about one relatively small gas powered plant per large city, not for small villages. Gas power plants are so easy to build…