25. Where CO2 emissions between electricity and natural gas are close, it probably means the cost of reduction is high in $/ton.
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26. One more digression: most electric home heating is resistance appliances. Furnaces & water heaters. Very inefficient.
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27. The case for natural gas appliances vs. resistance electric is a slam dunk in most cases, both consumer cost and CO2e.
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28. I fear many will rush electrification arguments without proper analysis to think through the consequences, or the costs.
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29. I hope to share more on this topic soon. And with that, the tweetstorm has passed.
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Richard Meyer Retweeted John Raymond Hanger
Good question. Easiest answer is when renewables become a marginal resource. Still a ways off.https://twitter.com/johnrhanger/status/874744382116823041 …
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I would add that the interesting part of the question is the feedback between demand patterns, gen economics, and generation build out.
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Easy enough to work out the marginal grid emissions of a single (marginal) home going from NG to elec heating.
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But if a million homes do it, demand patterns shift, price patterns shift, and new/ different(?) stuff gets built.
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One interesting question is "When does winter peak exceed summer peak if geothermal heat pump market penetration increases to 100%?" It happens twice. GHP will lower summer peak. So, you need to address not only actual summer peak but the original summer peak as well.pic.twitter.com/zJNoIvKZGX
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Note: That graph assumes full fossil fuel heating in the winter and assumes all non-HVAC related consumption is unchanged. Thus, "starting winter peak" is 0kWh since there is no electricity consumption for winter heating.
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