[TheForge] the irony - illinois electrical rates

[Mike Linn]

The only issue with that here, is that electricity is cheaper than propane 
or natural gas.

Alabama Power is running 0.0897 per kwh. My mom has gas, and over the past 
year her rates skyrocketed.

While not cheap, my electric bill was a lot lower than her gas bill..

The only problem I have with all electric is when some idiot rams a pole 
out on the highway.

mike


At 07:16 PM 9/15/2006, you wrote:
>hello;
>
>the below are the thoughts of a toothless disabled old man
>looking back over the recent past of the family.
>
>there is some irony in the illinois electrical rates.
>up till a couple of years ago, the largest draw of electricity was the
>computers. had a propane refrigerator and propane freezer, use humphery
>gaslights in most of the house and aladdin lamps in the living room. the
>computer room and shop/garage use the older model amish propane
>gaslight.
>
>as the family aged and the children went off to college the home
>changed. it was just two years ago that i broken down and we purchased
>an electric refrigerator. the children still joke about there being a
>light in the refrigerator.
>
>most of the shop tools were manual, up till the time of the accident in
>1996 i had few electrical tools. it has only been since the accident
>that i have been purchasing electrical tools when i had the money or
>they were given to me. i did have a welder but that was run off the
>propane fueled generator.
>
>i still have the fans with air motors. they have been replaced over the
>years by electrical fans. they are now relegated to being curiosities
>in the basement and garage.
>
>over the years the microwave oven and bread machines have made their way
>into the home.
>
>two of the adult children have returned home for various reasons.
>they are now more aware of what going electrical has cost the family and
>what being "old fashioned" meant to the family. the oldest daughter has
>replaced nearly all the light bulbs with the fluorescent bulbs. my son,
>has cleaned up the older kerosine lamps and lanterns for his use. i use
>a coleman dual-fuel lantern outside at night instead of a flashlight.
>
>so now instead of bringing more electrical items into the home we will
>be going back to the "old" ways. the propane refrigerator is still in
>the garage and if it could talk i would expect it to be eager to return
>to service.
>
>it was not that long ago it seems that the house was really totally
>propane. the electricity that we did use was generated by the propane
>fueled generator. it appears that we will be heading back that way in
>the future.
>
>
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