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To: Bearcatbob who wrote (184782)	7/4/2014 10:22:54 AM
From: stsimon	Respond to of 206160

Indeed it does get cold in northern New England. Their are still a lot of oil furnaces there in the urban areas that don't have natural gas. In the rural areas there is a mixture of propane, oil, wood, baseboard electric, and anthracite coal. A lot of areas have a few inches of top soil and then rock, so natural gas lines running directly to residential homes may not always be practical. I suspect that some modern heat pumps, that can produce significant heat at 15 below zero, will become increasingly popular, particularly with folks that currently have baseboard electric. City dwellers would certainly benefit from heating with a natural gas furnace, assuming they are on a gas line. People who can afford the up front cost can do geothermal in rural or suburban settings.