Right! Thanks G


"Grumman-581" wrote in message
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On Sun, 21 May 2006 15:02:02 -0400, "John F."
wrote:
To help answer my own questions and for those who may be intereted a
gallon
of propane delivers 92,000 BTU's vs fuel oil which delivers 130,000 BTU
per
gallon or 41% more heat. No luck yet on finding out the number BTUs
delivered by natural gas.

1 cu-ft of natural gas equals approximately 1,000 BTUs... It can vary
though... Some NG providers bill on the decatherm instead of strictly
by volume since this takes into account the higher or lower energy
content of their gas throughout the year...

According to:
http://searcy.dina.org/business/utilities/natgas.html

You would pay $4.65 per month just for the privilege of being able to
buy gas from the company, even if you didn't buy any... For the first
30,000 cu-ft, you would pay $4.821 per 1,000 cu-ft, up to 30,000
cu-ft, at which time, the price would drop to $3.952 per 1,000 cu-ft
for all gas used over 30,000 cu-ft...

So, to get your real costs, you are going to have to determine how
many BTUs you currently use per month...

You already know the number of gallons of oil that you currently use
per month, right?