Electric VS Propane

[DickWilson]

Greg; We allready do most of what you outlined. Pretty much save the dutch oven cooking for camping. Have cooked with wood before, ya its cheap, but it's also not terribly convienent. Chest freezer are the way to go, if you're organized. If you're not the top stays open to long while you paw thru stuff to find what you want. Even here where elect. isn't exorbitant we keep both the fridge and the freezer full, use 100% CFL and diode bulbs, all energy star ultra-low consumption appliances. Gas for dryer, h2o htr, furnace. 1 trip to store every 7 days. Plan to continue in Puna, only more so, with solar panels in an on-grid tie, 6kw backup. Wanted to nail down propane costs and availablity ahead of time, which the PW'ers as usual have done agreat job on.

dick wilson