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Kero versus propane versus natural gas for heat
I thought this was fascinating. Now, lets see if we can figure out if
propane is cheaper at 2.00 for a 16 ounce (one pound) bottle. Versus 3.00 or so a galon for kerosene. I'm on "therm billing" and a quick call revealed that a therm is 100,000 BTU. So, looking at a typical bill, it cost me $68 to get 13 therms delivered. Or about $5.25 a therm. In terms of propane in 16 ounce bottles, it would take about 5 bottles, or about $10.00 produce a therm. It would take about 3/4 galon of kerosene to produce a therm, which would be about $2.00. In refillable propane bottles (twenty pounders) I havn't priced them lately. But with the other fellow's figures, $14 for 20 pounds is about .75 a pound. Needing 5# propane per therm, would be about $3.75 per therm. When the electric is out, and the furnace is dead, it's well worth ten bucks a therm. And kerosene is cheaper, but I have to drive to the store to get it. Christopher A. Young ----- Original Message ----- From: Newsgroups: alt.energy.homepower,alt.energy.renewable,sci.ener gy,misc.survivalism Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 4:06 PM Subject: kerosene or propane heat? "Is it cheaper to use kerosene or propane for heating , when kerosene is about $2.50/gallon and propane about $14/20 lbs?" A quick Google gives about 135,000 btu/Gal for Kero and 21,600 btu/# or 91,000 btu/gal for Propane. I will leave the rest of the math to you. Vaughn |
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Kero versus propane versus natural gas for heat
You still need to figure in the cost of going to the store, unless you
are going anyway, correct? |
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