$3.249 Gal. For #2 Home Heating Oil

[Jack]

$3.25 gal. is higher than a gal. of premium gasoline ($3.17) today.

In 4/07, #2 oil was $2.55.

In 12/06, it was $2.44.

People will be dialing back this winter, and not because Green Al Gore toed them to.

[JoeSpareBedroom]

It's fun sending money to people who want to kill us.

[dpb]

Certainly an ad for ground source heat pump, it would seem--or, the waste heat off a spent fuel pool would be another possible source if happened to be close by... :)

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[Rod Speed]

If that fool is toeing people, he should be toed himself, right up the arse.

[lp13-30]

People used to burn home heating oil in their Diesel cars and trucks. Now it is the same or even more than Diesel at the pump- that has 40+ cents/gal tax on it. I switched to heat pumps from propane in 2000 and haven't regretted it. How much is your propane? I haven't checked here-- imagine it is over $2.00/gal. I still have the propane for the cooktop, and the furnaces which only fire up when the HP's go into defrost. Larry

[catalpa]

Today's wholesale spread is 32 cents, the NYMEX shows heating oil at $2.58 and gasoline at $2.26.

PECO natural gas rate as of Dec 1, 2007 is $1.28 CCF compared to $1.24 CCF Dec 1, 2006.

[Frank]

My state, Delaware, is fighting New Jersey to prevent them from putting a LNG depot on the Delaware river. It would provide enough gas for 14 million homes. They are also going to crucify us by putting in offshore windmills for green electricity.

[krw]

What do you pay for housing (I.e. cost of living)?

Hpw much wood is available? What's the cost? Does it make any sense?

[jdoe]

so you're for limiting the expansion of storage for new sources of energy, and you're against new technology that is a source of cheap non polluting energy, and you are complaining about the high cost of energy, can you see what's wrong here? __________________________________________ Never argue with an idiot. They'll drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.

[jdoe]

and how large is that check that alaska sends you every year from the proceeds of taxes alaska charges those bad oil companies? __________________________________________ Never argue with an idiot. They'll drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.

[Edwin Pawlowski]

When I was in Italy earlier this year paid 1.10 Euro per liter for heating oil where I stayed. I paid 1.28 E per liter for gas, so with the exchange rate it worked out to $6.40 a gallon. A week ago in Amsterdam it was 1.70 and the Euro is now in the 1.49 range so it is closer to $10 a gallon.

[IGot2P]

Our propane (800 gallons) is contracted this year at $1.54/gal. Don't know what it currently is straight off the truck.

Don (SE Iowa)

[scott21230]

If I were made dictator, I'd force anyone in the us (outside of Alaska) to convert the oil heat to something else, like a geothermal heat pump.

[George]

But not really a fair comparison because they have significantly higher taxes on fuels than we do.

[willshak]

on 11/30/2007 3:03 PM [e-mail] said the following:

If I could afford the initial cost, I would have solar panels on my roof. Funny, how all the proponents of renewable energy, and who make millions of dollars per year, don't want to cheapen their mansions with solar panels, with the exception of Julia Roberts, who has all the panels and solar heaters. Does Al Gore walk the walk?

[Edwin Pawlowski]

True, but that is what they pay regardless of where the money goes. The cost of #2 heating oil is the same as diesel fuel so it in not uncommon to buy 5 gallons at a time from the local station rather than the 200 gallons we'd get delivered here.

Given the cost of fuel, the drop in value of the dollar, I'm abandoning my plans to go again in the spring. Airfare alone has increased by $500 per ticket. The same trip we did this year to next is about $2500 more for the two of us.

[John Barry]

Methinks you miss the point. European countries without petroleum reserves long back decided to discourage consumption, and still do. Sure cuts down on the # of Escalades and Hummers, as opposed to back here in Detroit.

John

[Stormin Mormon]

If I was dictator, I'd repeal a lot of useless regulations that stifle capitalism. Such as the restrictions on drilling in Alaska.

[Stormin Mormon]

I heard on the radio yesterday that the higher cost of living in Florida is discouraging the snowbirds from bringing in their dollars. Nothing like higher taxes to kill an economy.

And with the economy sluggish, they will notice the loss of revenue, and increase taxes to make up for the lost revenue. Which was due to the higher taxes.

[JoeSpareBedroom]

I'm OK with that, as long as one thing changes: If a company slobs up the place by breaking laws surrounding drilling, the CEO of the company is taken away in handcuffs immediately, just as if he'd shot a cop and it was recorded on videotape. No white collar treatment.