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Gold/Mining/Energy : Big Dog's Boom Boom Room
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To: Snowshoe who wrote (106990)8/12/2008 10:46:19 PM
From: gregor_us  Read Replies (3) of 206184
 
Because of the historical installed base of HO systems in buildings during pre and post war construction. And assuming you have been to the East Coast, you are aware we have a ton of buildings. I know, for some reason this is really, really hard for people to understand. You yourself framed it in terms of "tardiness." Well, it doesn't relate in any way to tardiness. It has to do with how things were constructed, at a particular point in time.

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.

Yes, this is the oldest part of the US. Once infrastructure invested in HO systems, what would have been the incentive to swap for NG during 50 years of cheap oil? (BTW, I'm not aware that the rest of the country converted or that "conversion" is the right word to use West of the Mississippi. The rest of the country has a ton of post-war construction that was built with NG to begin with.)

My imperfect analogy: SF has tons of Victorians for no reason other than the point in history, in which SF flourished. In London, most buildings pre-date indoor plumbing or heating systems. If you have been to London, most terraced housing has some plumbing pipes on the exterior.
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