Today’s graphic: How Americans Heat Their Homes. (Graphic courtesy of Reddit and Maps.com.)
JWR’s Comments: In the Midwest, natural gas is popular in urban areas, and propane in rural areas. Despite the advent of electric heat pumps, propane is gaining in popularity in the southeast and Texas, where higher electricity rates and power outages have made many residents reconsider their home heating options. The extended grid power failure in Texas in February, 2021 was a wakeup call for people who rely on electricity for home heating and cooking. The supply of natural gas was also partly disrupted, but propane users were largely unaffected.
From a preparedness standpoint, the best regions to locate are partly forested ones where firewood predominates as the domestic heat source. The second best would be a region where propane predominates.
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