CBS Philly reported heating gas up 71%, oil 31% and elect.

[I_Make_Mistakes]

was I think 17 %. I'm gonna get me some electric heaters. The ones where you heat the oil and the electric shuts off till the oil cools, seem pretty good.

[meisje]

1. run those things to heat your house and it not much cheaper

[I_Make_Mistakes]

2. I'm second floor condo so I get downstairs heat. My problem

is the drafts, so it would be to take the edge off.

[starroute]

5. If you have drafts, get some rope caulk and plug the cracks

On a windy day, it's easy to tell where the cold is getting in. Often around the windows, sometimes at the baseboards. Just fill the gaps -- rope caulk is temporary and can come off next spring -- and you'll be a lot cozier for less expense.

[I_Make_Mistakes]

7. Thanks, If I were staying I would replace the darn windows. I

keep thinking the Association will fix my water leak so that I can put it up for sale, but they keep firing the management co's and it all starts over. It has been 4 yrs. of the bull. My advise, don't ever buy a condo!

[gristy]

3. Don't know if those oil heater are particularly efficient,

but they put out plenty of heat and are damn quiet! I've got a couple of them. Bought two of them for $25 each from a guy who cleaned out Home Depot at the end of the season last spring.

[GreenPartyVoter]

4. We have an oil one... looks like a radiator.. does NOT move the

heat anywhere. You have to practically sit on it in a larger room to even notice that it is there. It's nice for the bathroom though.

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[I_Make_Mistakes]

6. Funny story. My heat was off and I checked everything that I

could think of. I have a parrot, the chill can kill them quickly. I bought one of those heaters for her room 10 X 10. It did a pretty good job. I called my girlfriend (her SO does electrical). He said to recheck the thermostat. I had gotten new AC, recently and they installed the battery therm. All I had to do was change the batteries. I felt so dumb, but I had forgotten about the new therm. I checked it, but not the batteries.

[kestrel91316]

8. I am in a leaky uninsulated old SoCal house ...............gas furnace ...

last winter to save on heating costs I just used an electric space heater to keep me comfy in whatever room I was using. I would shut the doors to bedrooms, etc so I didn't try to heat the whole house. It worked especially well when I went into the office room and shut the door, kept toasty without using the furnace much at all that winter. Saved $.

[I_Make_Mistakes]

9. Ok CBS reported this tonight. We better get to the stores tomorrow

There is at least one other thread here about this. I am not kidding. If this many of us our thinking about it, tomorrow the stores are going to be jammed!