From: "Thees Peereboom" 

Ellen,

Ah, the free market doing it's job...

- Thees Peereboom

On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 22:28:19 -0800, Ellen K.
 wrote:

> That's amazing, my water and power runs about $400 every two months, can
> go to $450 if it's very cold and I'm home a lot.  Well... waitaminnit,
> let's see how much of that is the electricity:
> $306.14 for 2945 KWH
>
> That's still about twice as much as you and Finland is definitely colder
> than Southern California!
>
> On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 17:23:06 +0200, "Antti Kurenniemi"
>  wrote in message
:
>
>> I heat with electricity, and have no idea really how much it costs - I
>> just
>> pay the bills and be done with it ;-)  No, seriously, it's not very
>> much,
>> maybe 70 euros per month average around the year (the bill is about 90
>> of
>> which most is heating, I think - it's not separated in any way).
>>
>> During the winter, when it's cold, we burn the fireplace. It's a big ol'
>> thang that reserves heat in what is called "central
wall" in Finnish, a
>> mass
>> of bricks around the chimney in the middle of the house. It's still
>> warm the
>> next day. I don't know if it reduces the electricity bill (plus I pay
>> for
>> the wood also so big deal), but it's definately nice and comfy.
>>
>> And yes, plenty of insulation needed. Triple glazing is the standard,
>> plus
>> you want to make sure there's no draft.
>>
>>
>> Antti Kurenniemi
>>
>> "Geo"  wrote in message
news:421db0d8$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>> what kind of fuel do you use to heat your house and how much does it
>>> cost
>>> you per month at those temperatures? I would imagine houses there are
>>> built
>>> with lots of insulation?
>>>
>>> Geo.
>>
>

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