Along the same lines: I saw a great bumper sticker a few weeks ago. It said "People who use hyperbole should be shot." :) Sean On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 4:41 PM, Jesse Lackey wr= ote: > So you're saying 73.8% of all statistics are made up? > :) > > point taken. > J > > > peter green wrote: >> Jesse Lackey wrote: >>> I missed this thread, but to add OT to OT - Michael Bloomberg, mayor of >>> NYC, recently announced the long-term phaseout of heating oil in new >>> york, with various incentives and rebates and the like for building >>> owners with oil heat. =A0Apparently, the burning of heating oil #4 and = #6 >>> (no idea what the numbers mean) contribute more to air pollution than >>> all the cars, buses, taxis and trucks *combined*. >>> >> One thing to bear in mind is that to declare somthing as producing more >> poloution you have to assign "damage values" to each polloutant. This >> means that afaict you can manapulate the numbers to say pretty much >> whatever you want. You can also focus on just one pollutant and hope >> that people who repeat your message forget that you did that. >>> As a former nyc resident, this somewhat shocking factoid makes me wonde= r >>> just what the heck took so long to address this. >>> >>> Fortunately, here in oh so chilly california, my house was built (many >>> decades ago) with natural gas feed. >>> >>> Cheers all >>> J >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> mcd@is-sixsigma.com wrote: >>> >>>> Mark E. Skeels wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Can it be more economical than natural gas? >>>>> >>>> Like many answers, "it depends". >>>> >>>> Here in Michigan both natural gas and oil are fairly common. =A0The pr= ice of >>>> natural gas dropped sharply a while back, causing many people using oi= l to >>>> switch. =A0A couple years later it spiked and oil was cheaper. >>>> >>>> Even if you have a gas main out in the street, bringing the line into = the >>>> house after the fact can be obscenely expensive. =A0With high efficien= cy oil >>>> furnaces, even here in the frozen north it would take decades to recov= er >>>> the cost of conversion, even though natural gas is *currently* less >>>> expensive. =A0And given the volatility, it would be a poor bet it will= stay >>>> that way. >>>> >>>> --McD >>>> >>>> >>>> >> > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .