> If one has to tread so lightly when living in a house
 > equipped with gas services, is it really worth using
 > gas?
 [----------^^^^ you said the above ^^^^-----------]
Absolutly, gas provides the best for heat and cooking. Like everything else, 
if it's well installed and common sense prevails you can live quite well 
using gas. While you can use alternative sources, they in turn have their own 
faults or damages, so you trade one for the other. -_-_-Bill
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