AnotherUser297 t1_j61kpzr wrote on January 27, 2023 at 1:33 AM

Reply to comment by JAK3CAL in Comparing oil and electric prices for home heat? Debating buying a bunch of space heaters by Salty_Kangaroo_4522

My last fill last winter was almost $1000 at over $5 per gallon. I got a refill on my partially filled tank a couple months ago and it was $4.25. I’ll probably need one more fill this year, but that will last me into next winter.

I’ve had oil for 4 years. It was $2-something the first year. Winter of covid (2020-21) it was barely over a dollar.

I think the shock of oil is that most people pay per tank, not per month. Divided up monthly, it’s not more expensive than my neighbors who have natural gas heat.

hypotenoos t1_j61ytk0 wrote on January 27, 2023 at 3:20 AM

I switched from oil to natural gas about 10 years ago.

Would go through just about 1000 gallons in a year and it cost over $4k to fill up the summer before I switched. It’s costs less than $2k to heat the exact same house with gas.

And that’s after a decade of gas prices going up.

JAK3CAL t1_j61kyaf wrote on January 27, 2023 at 1:35 AM

Yup it’s just a different way to pay. I am fortunate of course, but we can afford to buy when the price is at its lowest in mid summer and fill the tanks. This year we screwed up bc we sold the house and I didn’t want to overbuy