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In reply to the discussion: OK. I just paid $3.95 a gallon for #2 heating oil to heat this house for the winter. That is .51 [View all]Purveyor
(29,876 posts)with a fan blower to create a 'blow-torch' effect. The flame heats in my case, a hot water coil that then circulates the hot water (around 160 degrees) to the registers around the house.
Back in the day, when heating oil was .78 a gallon...it was the best of heating methods as hot water heat didn't dry out the household environment like forced air.
Right now...it is about a draw on heating oil versus electric.
Nat gas is the cheapest form of heat right now in this area as our electric rate is at the top of the scale thanks to our republican controlled gov't (michigan) and the monopolistic electric companies that get nothing but rubber stamp approval from the whores they have bought.
Oh yes, we do have a 'public service commission' that is supposed to have 'oversight' of the utilities but they are 'appointed' by the whores that the utilities have purchased.