I think we are better off on the Dino Juice

I think this is the third thread basically asking the same thing. Gas or fuel cheaper and less work in some areas. I can burn corn for about 75 cents cheaper a day if burning steady over propain at 93 cents a gallon. Using gas for shoulder period till temps stay below freezing.

Guilty here for sure. No financial motivation to burn wood with my propane so (relatively) cheap. Better let the oak season another year, because there's not much chance these gas prices will last.

I'll burn wood for sure on those sub freezing days, but better to keep my limited supplies for a different winter.

TE

Definitely using oil to warm up in the mornings, sleep a little longer

I'm even starting to rethink using using my 2 yr seasoned oak. 2 hrs of furnace operation costs me $2.

Bioburner said:

Using gas for shoulder period till temps stay below freezing.

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Yup......

Dan

Guilty here as well, Pellets 269$ a ton and higher, oil, I filled up for 1.86$ a gal.

I done miss the smell of burning wood tho

Heat Pump doing it's thing during the shoulder season.. We have used about 2 bag of pellets and a bushel of corn for the ambiance in the parlor stove. Also like to try things out before we need to use it

We have 2.5 tons of corn in the basement so I will burn that up as I don't like to keep corn over the summer. We have approx 500 lbs. of pellets left from last year and will likely use them this winter.

I wonder if you could do an oil assisted pellet stove, like a oil drip setup, like old oil stoves used to be..Does sound a lttle dangerous though..maybe not....

Considering those old stoves were fed from the bottom it would be pretty hard to do.

I love the warm glow of the fire and am willing to pay a premium for it.

We have a nice freestanding gas stove that runs on Dino farts so get the best of both worlds, ambiance and nice heat without any work.

TimfromMA said:

I love the warm glow of the fire and am willing to pay a premium for it.

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It's a slippery slope to boutique pellets at $20/bag : )

Bioburner said:

We have a nice freestanding gas stove that runs on Dino farts so get the best of both worlds, ambiance and nice heat without any work.

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didn't care for the aroma....


Dan

BrotherBart said:

All electric here. This Winter will be business as usual. You lucky @#*$#!&s

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Same here. Even with rates a bit cheaper this year it's still way cheaper to heat the house at 70 degrees w/pellets vs electric at 66 degrees.

Sam

Excel electric just asked for a 10 percent rate hike here in MN. We are around 12 cents without the $25 monthly service fee.

Another electric heat homeowner here. Our electricity costs are down from last year, at "only" .18/kWh. I would love to see pellet prices go down, but I'm stilling saving a LOT of money, and my fuel for the year is paid for and sitting in the garage.

TimfromMA said:

I love the warm glow of the fire and am willing to pay a premium for it.

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Cheaper and looks nicer IMO

Still $2.38 a gallon where I live.

bcarton said:

Another electric heat homeowner here. Our electricity costs are down from last year, at "only" .18/kWh. I would love to see pellet prices go down, but I'm stilling saving a LOT of money, and my fuel for the year is paid for and sitting in the garage.

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Whats your delivery rate?, or is it included for .018kwh?

Pellet-King said:

Whats your delivery rate?, or is it included for .018kwh?

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It's included in the .18. Last year total was .23/kWh.

I will still burn pellets the heat is or seems much better but if oil stays low ...welll lets see

doghouse said:

Still $2.38 a gallon where I live.

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Sitting at $3.46/gallon (that's low for here!) over in my part of Saskatchewan. Darn rights I'll burn wood.

doghouse said:

Still $2.38 a gallon where I live.

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I paid 2.05 for oil last week.