Its a high of 0 today and I just heard that the price of propane just went up to 3.39 per gallon.
Darn it feels good to be a woodcutter!
Darn it feels good to be a woodcutter!
The value of my wood just went up again.
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Ralphie Boy
Minister of Fire
Propane in our area has spiked 46.5% because of the cold! My furnace has not been turned on in just about a year, or since I had the insert installed, save for the few days we were gone over Christmas. Let it spike, I've got wood to last me until I'm too bloody old to load the insert or care!
BillsWS
Feeling the Heat
Called my propane supplier today because of the reports I have been hearing about propane prices. Good news; I am on contract till the end of March, $1.59 a gallon. Bad news, the folks who are not on contract now are over $4.00 per gallon. I expect the fill up I have in April will be astronimical!
tigeroak
Feeling the Heat
Let the price go up I have it covered for at least 4 years now. Got at least 1 more year to split.
Missouri Frontier
Feeling the Heat
Missouri Frontier
Feeling the Heat
lucky for me, the propane man gets nothing but a certain finger from me anymore. No furnace no propane bill. I feel for my neighbors.
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Isaac Carlson
Minister of Fire
The only propane we use is for hot water. We are hoping to change that when the Kitchen Queen goes in.
Fred Wright
Minister of Fire
We ditched pro-pain heating some years ago when the stuff hit $4.00 per gallon. One gas bill was enough to buy a wood burning stove. I pulled the gas log heater next day, sold it on CL and ordered a wood stove.
The media is partly to thank (or blame) for this nonsense, with the "propane shortage" reports of late. It's a tinpot excuse to gouge customers through an already byzantine pricing scheme.
Let it go up for all we care. The only thing we use propane for anymore is the kitchen stove. That's not much use. I'll be out cutting wood, take a break and watch the gas trucks go by on the road. Somebody's gonna get a big fat propane bill but it won't be us.
The media is partly to thank (or blame) for this nonsense, with the "propane shortage" reports of late. It's a tinpot excuse to gouge customers through an already byzantine pricing scheme.
Let it go up for all we care. The only thing we use propane for anymore is the kitchen stove. That's not much use. I'll be out cutting wood, take a break and watch the gas trucks go by on the road. Somebody's gonna get a big fat propane bill but it won't be us.
fireview2788
Minister of Fire
Ohio's Governor has restricted propane distribution until further notice. If you aren't at dire levels then you aren't getting any and you're not getting complete fill if you do need it. They are saying it's caused from a wet fall so farmers had to use driers for their corn and now the deep, prolonged freeze has reduced availability. A friend just told me prices were over $3/gal. I don't have propane.
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I'm not convinced the media has much to do with propane being at all time record lows. But maybe they can scare some into filling their tanks before they need to be filled. Up here they won't fill the tank unless it's low and then they will ration you to 200 gallons and if you ask for more from another supplier they won't take on a new customer at this time... For owned tanks that is, a leased tank can only be filled by its lessor of course.We ditched pro-pain heating some years ago when the stuff hit $4.00 per gallon. One gas bill was enough to buy a wood burning stove. I pulled the gas log heater next day, sold it on CL and ordered a wood stove.
The media is partly to thank (or blame) for this nonsense, with the "propane shortage" reports of late. It's a tinpot excuse to gouge customers through an already byzantine pricing scheme.
Let it go up for all we care. The only thing we use propane for anymore is the kitchen stove. That's not much use. I'll be out cutting wood, take a break and watch the gas trucks go by on the road. Somebody's gonna get a big fat propane bill but it won't be us.
Backwoods Savage
Minister of Fire
Michigan also has been hit hard with the governor stepping up to allow the trucks on the roads more but the prices I hear are really soaring. I heard one report of $5 per gallon. Sheeze....
Paulywalnut
Minister of Fire
Yea we only cook with propane. Really like gas cooking no natural around here. Glad I never switched to propane heat when I upgraded my heating system a few years back.
I just heard the same thing today.
On top of that, my escrow went up a bit.
On the bright side, my wallet is thin and doesn’t hurt my back when I sit.
2014-Jan 01/06 = $1.960 01/13 = $1.997 01/20 = $2.584 01/27 = $4.709
These are the prices for the last few weeks care of eia.gov.
These are the prices for the last few weeks care of eia.gov.
Makers Mark
New Member
Like gasoline company's they found out what they could get away with after Katrina hit. Same with propane.
The weird thing is my Dad was just telling me about an article he read about how companies are looking into converting locomotives from diesel to propane "because its cheaper and more abundant".
More abundant than diesel? Even if we didn't have this rare shortage of propane I'd think that diesel would be more abundant especially since fricking fracking the hell out of North Dakota. But I'm no expert. It would run cleaner for the locos though.The weird thing is my Dad was just telling me about an article he read about how companies are looking into converting locomotives from diesel to propane "because its cheaper and more abundant".
BillLion
Minister of Fire
Just saw this:
"Woman dies in Dakotas with no propane to heat home"
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/storie...ME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2014-02-05-14-06-41
Very sad.
I am also thankful we have wood to cut down on our oil burning.
"Woman dies in Dakotas with no propane to heat home"
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/storie...ME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2014-02-05-14-06-41
Very sad.
I am also thankful we have wood to cut down on our oil burning.
Backwoods Savage
Minister of Fire
BillLion
Minister of Fire
Yeah, not very clear.
We have a fireplace insert, which significantly cuts down on my family's oil use.
Oil, like propane, has risen dramatically in cost over this cold winter. We (and other burners) have saved lots of money this year.
Hope that makes more sense.
area_man
Burning Hunk
This is one of the reasons I want to burn wood. Once I get the wood home, split and stacked, it's money in the bank. If electricity prices spike or there's an outage, my house will still be warm. It's a self-sufficiency thing. At the same time, I want to convert my commuter car to run on natural gas and install a natural gas pump. Then I can buy whichever fuel is cheaper or higher quality at the time.
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