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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Whitelightning777" data-source="post: 125805" data-attributes="member: 26980">I doubt space heaters save 2 million lives. That's the difference.Besides, if they're so great, why have centralized heat at all? Why have duct work or furnaces in the first place?The answer should be obvious.  Space heaters are not intended as a long term maintenance free solution for raising temperature within the home.  Even if you do get lucky and manage not to burn the place down, your power bill will skyrocket.Learning to safely heat enclosures or putting a quality window mounted heat pump in your window to go from let's say 70 to 80 degrees for one chosen room is far more affordable and yes, much safer for everyone.  This is far more energy efficient as well.79% of fatal house fires involve space heaters as a cause.  Plenty of HOAs (including mine) and rental properties actually ban them, with good reason!!  That alone indicates that a better answer should be found.Do you think that all these bans on them are unnecessary?</blockquote>