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tman inv@lid wrote:
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That's .0000066% of US oil usage; that's going to make a big dent.

The truck that delivered the carrots to your grocery store uses more
than that every day.

Not sure where you got that number from, but it's more like 2% -- USA.
T


The number is the guy's personal percentage of US oil usage for heat.

Read the post.


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On Jun 2, 1:15 pm, wrote:

The other minor problem no one cares to address is that contrary to
what most people think, peak electricity demand is typically after
sundown.



That would depend on where you live, and the time of year. I suppose
one could take into account some sort of national average, but I don't
see the purpose there.

Here in Phoenix, the summer afternoons have the air conditioners all
running like mad, and they are a big hitter. I expect it's worst at
about 5PM, when everyone comes home and cranks the suckers to the max
(if they've reduced the requirement during the day on an empty
house). Lights come on as it gets dark, but people go to bed not
too long after that.

Now, if you're talking about coastal California, where AC isn't really
a big issue, I'd agree.

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Have you any idea what the milage of an eighteen wheeler is?

Yea, I do.
And if you think one burns 500 gal in a day, you don't.

And local delivery, which what was being disussed is the worst possible
situation for mileage with most of the driving done in stop and start
traffic and lots of time spent at idle during deliveries.

It may be a bit more than 1 days worth of fuel for such a truck, but
not many more.


In the US, the percentage of oil used for stationary uses, which includes
residential, commercial, industrial, and electricity generation, is
less than 20% of the total and falling every year.

But 20% is a significant number.

What part of less than 20% and falling is TOTAL stationary are you
failing to grasp?

Residential heating is a small percentage of the 20%.


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wrote:
On Jun 2, 1:15 pm, wrote:

The other minor problem no one cares to address is that contrary to
what most people think, peak electricity demand is typically after
sundown.

That would depend on where you live, and the time of year. I suppose
one could take into account some sort of national average, but I don't
see the purpose there.

It depends on the time of year, but not where you live.

The pattern is the same in the State of California and the Province
of Ontario, and anywhere else you care to look.

I've already posted references for this elsewhere in the thread; read
them.


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Its probably why schools try to avoid teaching economics to
high school students. It creates too many Republicans.

Good one!

:-)

Unfortunately, I haven't met too many Republican politicians lately who
understand anything about economics, either. Both parties now exist in a
never-never land of entitlements and wishful thinking.
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On Mon, 2 Jun 2008 12:08:55 -0700, "NW_Pilot"
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Centeral Banks are Bad!!!

Your spelling is Worse.

(Or should that be Worser?)

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