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[deleted] t1_j5vb6cq wrote

Reply to comment by dyqik in Greater Boston, what's your last gas bill? by Miserable_Ride666

"Warm weather" isn't what causes you to use more gas, you deciding to keep your thermostat at whatever level you choose is what causes you to use more gas.

I can, & do, turn mine down, & therefore I use less - regardless of what the weather is.

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dyqik t1_j5wlqdn wrote

Warm weather causes you to use less gas. The gas requirements to keep a house at any particular set temperature is proportional to the difference between the set temperature and the outside temperature.

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[deleted] t1_j5z3zhj wrote

Apparently warm weather causes you to use less gas. Do you understand that you can put a sweater on instead of turning the thermostat up? Like, it is an actual option that people choose?

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dyqik t1_j5zc7vy wrote

That's nothing to do with the fact that you use less gas in warm weather than cold weather.

Whatever you or I set our thermostats to, whether or not you or I wear a sweater, we will use less gas if the outside temperature is higher and more if it is colder.

The amount of power to maintain a temperature in a house is proportional to the temperature difference between inside and outside.

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SysAdminScout t1_j5xlhlz wrote

Eversource prints the AVG daily temperature in the monthly usage stats because it helps explain usage numbers.

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