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jtakeman
Minister of Fire
All the more reason I am glad I've been weened since 1994! Now if I could just replace the fuel I use to travel!
whlago
Feeling the Heat
j-takeman said:
X2...
25 miles to work every day and 25 back...need get one of those work from home gigs!
firebroad
Minister of Fire
kmapsrule
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EGADS!
For my area residential propane is 127% more expensive than wholesale, I realize that there is transportation, storage, misc middleman stuff in-between the wholesale spigot at the refinery or natural gas well and the truck that shows up at my door, but that seems ridiculously excessive.
Roughly 126% increase over 10 years, I see a coal or pellet boiler in my house's very near future!
For my area residential propane is 127% more expensive than wholesale, I realize that there is transportation, storage, misc middleman stuff in-between the wholesale spigot at the refinery or natural gas well and the truck that shows up at my door, but that seems ridiculously excessive.
Roughly 126% increase over 10 years, I see a coal or pellet boiler in my house's very near future!
Flammam
Feeling the Heat
whlago said:
Ha short driver. My commute is 65 miles each way that's 130 miles round trip every day. My monthly fuel cost is about 310 just to commute. That doesn't include driving my son all over town for sports and other activities.
GrahamInVa
Minister of Fire
Don't remind me.. I was calculating my pro PAIN usage for heating hot water last night. I have one of those insta hots. At 3.80/gallon for propane it is really expensive to heat water. I am thinking about replacing it with a regular ol electric water heater.
I also have a propane cook stove, generator, and clothes dryer. It would be the deal if is was $1.70/gallon like it used to be.
I also have a propane cook stove, generator, and clothes dryer. It would be the deal if is was $1.70/gallon like it used to be.
I drive about 15000 miles/year just for work.firebroad said:
27 mpg does not seem that good anymore now that gas is pushing $3.60 here.
Retire...hmmm...I only have 11 years to go so I can collect 100% SS.
Will there be any $$ in the pot then??
jtakeman
Minister of Fire
rb62 said:
IS your name Stanley? Stanley Steamer. hehe. We sometimes turn full circle, I wouldn't count steam out. Still heats most of NY city.
I feel your pain. I put about 500 miles a week on the car. It's good on fuel though, 40+mpg... though diesel is $4.15 so it still hurts.
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hoverfly
Minister of Fire
mepellet
Minister of Fire
Never having used propane I just took a look at the numbers for Maine and found this. I was surprised to see that propane costs more than oil. What do you think about the efficiency numbers? I got them from a "Fuel Value Calculator" that is put out by the US Forest Service so I wonder if the efficiency ratings for the heating appliances are adjusted in favor of wood..
Oil at $3.801/gallon
Propane at $3.234/gallon
Pellets at $225/ton
Oil contains 138,800 BTU/gallon
Propane contains 92,000 BTU/gallon
Pellets contain 7,800 BTU/pound
Oil at 83% efficient contains 30,308 BTU/$
Propane at 79% efficient contains 22473 BTU/$
Pellets at 83% efficient contains 57,546 BTU/$
Oil at $3.801/gallon
Propane at $3.234/gallon
Pellets at $225/ton
Oil contains 138,800 BTU/gallon
Propane contains 92,000 BTU/gallon
Pellets contain 7,800 BTU/pound
Oil at 83% efficient contains 30,308 BTU/$
Propane at 79% efficient contains 22473 BTU/$
Pellets at 83% efficient contains 57,546 BTU/$
hoverfly
Minister of Fire
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