>People with an ideological ax to grind are bad at research, and bad at analysis.Data should lead the way.
So why speculate and not use data instead?
Look at your bills and use the price of kilowatt of electricity and the price of CCF or MCF of natural gas to calculate the cost of MBTU. The above study came to a conclusion that you will use 3.5 MBTUs in MN for each 1 MBTU spent in FL.
In my case 1 kWt cost ~10c, 1 MCF of natural gas costs ~$12. At these prices
15 SEER AC will require ~$6.67 for 1 MBTU of cooling
95% Efficient Nat gas furnace will require ~$12.63 for 1 MBTU of heating.
So why speculate and not use data instead?
Look at your bills and use the price of kilowatt of electricity and the price of CCF or MCF of natural gas to calculate the cost of MBTU. The above study came to a conclusion that you will use 3.5 MBTUs in MN for each 1 MBTU spent in FL.
In my case 1 kWt cost ~10c, 1 MCF of natural gas costs ~$12. At these prices 15 SEER AC will require ~$6.67 for 1 MBTU of cooling 95% Efficient Nat gas furnace will require ~$12.63 for 1 MBTU of heating.
Can you do the rest of the math?