SHOULD YOU BUILD AN ALL-ELECTRIC HOME?

Ever since we realised that nuclear energy was not going to provide free energy for all, the all-electric house has been considered a daft idea. The shockingly low efficiency of fossil fuel power stations (less than 30%) leads to a high unit cost of electricity and, more latterly, a growing awareness of the impact of power stations on the environment. Rather than putting oil and gas into a power station, it made far more sense to burn those fuels in our own boilers