Nelson
Feeling the Heat
There are a lot of great examples of cost savings in this thread. At the end of the day, for me, it comes down to whether or not you like processing wood. Going out and paying for 3-4 cords of wood a year likely isn't going to prove to be cost effective (using propane as my comparison). If you enjoy processing wood, enjoy being out in the woods, enjoy running a saw, enjoy hauling wood up to the house each fall, enjoy felling trees, enjoy making your woodlot more productive, enjoy scrounging for wood, etc, you're going to see cost savings. I happen to enjoy all of those things I listed so, for me personally, supplementing with wood heat is completely worth it. I don't need to hard cruch the numbers to justify it.. My $.03!