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Old 04-16-2011, 07:09 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by tummyman View Post
One thing to look at in today's world is electricity. When #2 oil is around $5.25 per gallon, electricity is a break-even at today's average cost of around $.15kwh. Also, propane must be adjusted to reflect that a gallon of propane yields 91600 btu's gsallon vs. 138000 btu's per gallon of #2 oil. As I look long term at the world situation. electricity for heat is looking more and more realistic without huge investment.
Wood pellets are by far the best option, electricity in my opinion is not the way to go. Here is a fuel cost chart.
http://www.alternative-heating-info....omparison.html
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