Bj”rn Forsstr”m (2:203/614.61) wrote to Steven Horn at 19:12 on 05 Feb 2004:

 BF> Aren't you then stuck with only oil for heating it?

Nope.  Our home in Saskatoon had a forced air natural gas furnace and many
people here heat with propane whole some even heat with electricity.
 
 BF> And when the oilprice rise you have to pay.

That we do.

 BF> The Chevy S 10 is parked just outside and it's nice to get in a
 BF> warm car with a warm engine. The wifes car, a Opel Omega Caravan,
 BF> we have in the garage.

How much do you pay for electricity? 

 BF> Isn't this a problem for you, not to have the same regulation in
 BF> all the country?

Not for me because I don't drive outside the Yukon all that much.  I also
don't use studded tires.

 BF> Have you ever tasted "real" water?

Yes but our city water is almost as good and I don't have the trouble of
drilling a well to get it.

 SH> How does 4000 litres translate into 4 m3?

 BF> 1 000 l = 1 m3. That's the metric system. 1m x 1m x 1m, there you
 BF> have m3. Make a box that's 1 m broad, 1 m high and 1m deep and fill
 BF> it with water and it will contain 1 000 l = 1 m3 and that is 1
 BF> qubic(3) m.
 BF> And if you remove one 1m and only have 1m x 1m that will be m2 and
 BF> the you get square m and that's a area one m broad and one m deep.

Thanks for that.

 BF>  I think we are far ahead the rest of the world in environment
 BF> protection, for better or for worse.

I'm happy that we are not on the bleeding edge.:-)

Take care,

Steven Horn (steven_a_horn{at}yahoo.ca)
Moderator, ALASKA_CHAT 
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