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To: gregor_us who wrote (106986)	8/12/2008 10:37:29 PM
From: Snowshoe	Read Replies (2) of 206184

Why has the Northeast been so tardy in switching to gas heating? Was there a pricing differential that kept them using oil long after the rest of the country converted? The persistence of heating oil seems so archaic. Growing up in Minnesota, I have vivid memories of gas lines being installed in my neighborhood during the 1960s. Minnegasco ran a steady stream of TV ads touting the modernity, convenience, and cleanliness of gas. My family soon built a new house with a gas furnace, and the older houses gradually switched over.

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