Practical_Argument50 t1_j21wmzh wrote
Reply to comment by Wouhob in Did you see your latest natural gas (utility) bill ? by DL3905
A Therm roughly equals one gallon of fuel oil. $.73 is still much cheaper.
Wouhob t1_j23ell7 wrote
Yeah, but we are talking about natural gas prices noting about home heating oil. I have no use for #2 fuel oil.
1 thermal is 100,000 btu, fuel oil has 130,000 BTU or so per gallon. Fuel oil punches a little more punch pound for pound. Generators get derated with the same block running on natural gas compared to fuel oil.
Practical_Argument50 t1_j25byhh wrote
Another thing to consider. Fuel oil is priced with delivery included. The .49 - .73 is just the cost for the fuel. Distribution plus other fees brings my cost to about $1.72 a therm. That is the number that should be used to compare to Heating oil or Propane. What would be interesting would be the cost comparison for electric heating.
big_top_hat t1_j266npv wrote
Electric would be about $4.06 per therm equivalent.
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