Just Ordered 7 Ton - Home Depot Out Of Pellets

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I know rail has had a recent upsurge ( my son is a conductor with CSX) but once the main lines are all up to date then what..
Those main lines are owned by T. Boone Pickens, the White House's favorite son, and he uses them to get paid to transport oil that would have come down the Keystone pipeline. Hence, no Keystone pipeline.
 
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True! Well, my normal heating source is electric baseboard heat (EVERYTHING in my house is electric - stove, dryer, hot water heater, etc) so anything (even oil) is better less expensive than electric!


This is not true a heat pump is cheaper to run than your pellet stove under the right conditions......
 
This is not true a heat pump is cheaper to run than your pellet stove under the right conditions......
He said he has electric baseboard heat. That's resistance heaters, not a heat pump. It's VERY EXPENSIVE to run resistance heaters, whether they are baseboard or any other such spot heater.
 
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Those main lines are owned by T. Boone Pickens, the White House's favorite son, and he uses them to get paid to transport oil that would have come down the Keystone pipeline. Hence, no Keystone pipeline.

News to me. Just which railroads do Boone own?
 
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Anyone who needs 7 ton a year to heat there home might want to look at improving the efficiency of their home.

What a dopey comment to make! My house is very efficient. It was built less than 10 years ago. I happen to have a wife who is ALWAYS cold, so our home is in the 74 degree range, all Winter long, and our furnace isn't on. Another angle you need to consider is that not everyone lives in a 1200 square foot house. My house is three times that size, and my family room has a 20 foot ceiling. Also, for the record, I probably don't "need" 7 ton. Having said that, you're not heating a house this size, in a cold climate, for much less than 5 ton, and if the Winter is anything like it was last year it will easily be 6. I'd rather have it and not need it than need it and not have it!
 
What a dopey comment to make! My house is very efficient. It was built less than 10 years ago. I happen to have a wife who is ALWAYS cold, so our home is in the 74 degree range, all Winter long, and our furnace isn't on. Another angle you need to consider is that not everyone lives in a 1200 square foot house. My house is three times that size, and my family room has a 20 foot ceiling. Also, for the record, I probably don't "need" 7 ton. Having said that, you're not heating a house this size, in a cold climate, for much less than 5 ton, and if the Winter is anything like it was last year it will easily be 6. I'd rather have it and not need it than need it and not have it!
If I remember right it takes 5% more fuel for every 3 degrees rise? Can't help the inefficiency of your home design now that its built. Proper insulation of the envelope is what it is.
 
6 tons sitting downstairs since April.
 
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It won't be long now until the oil companys buy all the pellet mills and pellets will be $10 a bag!

When donkeys fly. Pellets are a fart in a hurricane to big oil/gas.
 
True Story!
 
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Yep, shut down those nasty coal plants and save the planet! Of course, China and India didn't even bother showing up for the 'big save the planet' show this week so we suffer while they burn our coal. What a plan!

They have both already made commitments to larger carbon reduction percentages than we proposed in NY. And China installed more solar power last year than any other country ever. In July, India doubled its tax on coal in an effort to rein in smog and promote renewables.

I wait to see what they say next year in Paris which is the real get together on the subject.
 
He said he has electric baseboard heat. That's resistance heaters, not a heat pump. It's VERY EXPENSIVE to run resistance heaters, whether they are baseboard or any other such spot heater.

I agree, I was just trying to make a point that a heat pump would be cheaper to run, and it is a form of electric. So he is correct on the baseboard are very expensive. Acutallly a proper heat pump will be cheaper to run than the pellet stove until it gets really cold out...below -7C of so....
 
This is not true a heat pump is cheaper to run than your pellet stove under the right conditions......

Most folks do not consider a heat pump to be electric heat. It definitely is but few people have them. We spent around $900 to heat our house (2600 sq ft at .15c kw/hr) with a geo heat pump last winter. The year before I went through 5 tons of pellets and was not particularly warm lots of cold rooms.
 
They have both already made commitments to larger carbon reduction percentages than we proposed in NY. And China installed more solar power last year than any other country ever. In July, India doubled its tax on coal in an effort to rein in smog and promote renewables.

I wait to see what they say next year in Paris which is the real get together on the subject.
Strange since China is in the midst of a 10 year plan to build a new coal-fired generating plant every week or two!!!! http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2012/nov/20/coal-plants-world-resources-institute
China is also #1 in world pollution despite what Big O says.
 
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Most folks do not consider a heat pump to be electric heat. It definitely is but few people have them. We spent around $900 to heat our house (2600 sq ft at .15c kw/hr) with a geo heat pump last winter. The year before I went through 5 tons of pellets and was not particularly warm lots of cold rooms.
Why in the world would you spend the money of 5 tons of pellets and a stove if you could heat your house evenly for $900 for the whole winter??? Geo is the way to go or mini-splits.
 
They have both already made commitments to larger carbon reduction percentages than we proposed in NY. And China installed more solar power last year than any other country ever. In July, India doubled its tax on coal in an effort to rein in smog and promote renewables.

I wait to see what they say next year in Paris which is the real get together on the subject.

"renewables' in India means buffalo dung or even human dung. Been there-seen that!
China is the supplier of solar panels and to keep their peasants busy, they make them install them too. Was in China and saw thousands of peasants building a road up the side of a mountain by hauling rocks on their shoulder slung baskets while Cat tractors sat at the bottom of the hill. When asked why they weren't using the dozers, the commissar said "then what would the people do?".......................
 
Why in the world would you spend the money of 5 tons of pellets and a stove if you could heat your house evenly for $900 for the whole winter??? Geo is the way to go or mini-splits.

That was the previous year before I had a geo system installed. I was giving a comparison of before and after. I burned about 2 bags last year of pellets mostly for ambiance.
 
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True! Well, my normal heating source is electric baseboard heat (EVERYTHING in my house is electric - stove, dryer, hot water heater, etc) so anything (even oil) is better less expensive than electric!

Wow, I was beginning to wonder if I had it all wrong. When propane shot up early this year I said F it, electric has to be cheaper than that! All my stuff is electric except for the propane furnace. After we ran out of propane in Feb, even with 0F temps still, we used about 4 electric space heaters 24x7 and what wood I could scrounge (ran out by that point too) and our electric bill only went up around $100. The last propane delivery was over $500 and only lasted 3 weeks. However the 4 space heaters didnt keep the place as warm as I'd like, but for the money it was well worth it to deal with 58-62F in the house for a couple months. Heck my son was still running around without a shirt every day lol.

Its going to be about the same this year, no wood for the winter. Actually just today bought another electric space heater, the Lasko baseboard-ish heater at lowes with digital control for $44. But hope to get a pellet burner installed next week so think I can keep the place a little warmer in conjunction with the space heaters.
 
Order your pellets now BEFORE the stove install!
 
What a dopey comment to make! My house is very efficient. It was built less than 10 years ago. I happen to have a wife who is ALWAYS cold, so our home is in the 74 degree range, all Winter long, and our furnace isn't on. Another angle you need to consider is that not everyone lives in a 1200 square foot house. My house is three times that size, and my family room has a 20 foot ceiling. Also, for the record, I probably don't "need" 7 ton. Having said that, you're not heating a house this size, in a cold climate, for much less than 5 ton, and if the Winter is anything like it was last year it will easily be 6. I'd rather have it and not need it than need it and not have it!
I don't think it was a"dopey" comment, just an uninformed one. Every house is different. My house was also built about 10 years ago...doesn't mean it's efficient. Sure I have efficient windows and wall insulation but I found my attic insulation to be lacking, so adding another layer of R30 helped a lot, both in winter and summer. From the description of yours, a 20 ft ceiling is going to attract a lot of that heat. Your wife is always cold but the spiders 20 ft up will be nice and toasty.
 
Most folks do not consider a heat pump to be electric heat. It definitely is but few people have them. We spent around $900 to heat our house (2600 sq ft at .15c kw/hr) with a geo heat pump last winter. The year before I went through 5 tons of pellets and was not particularly warm lots of cold rooms.
Not to get off topic, but what kind of heat pump do you have and the cost? Thnx
 
He said he has electric baseboard heat. That's resistance heaters, not a heat pump. It's VERY EXPENSIVE to run resistance heaters, whether they are baseboard or any other such spot heater.
Electric baseboard heat along with one of this country's higher priced utility companies! (which just asked for a rate increase per Kwt and an increase in the 'delivery' portion of the bill as well.
 
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