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Default Need to replace Electric Baseboard Heating Units & ReplacementWindows

Steve Cothran wrote:
One thing is constant, and that is, that things are always changing.
Something that is effective today may not be tomorrow.


For years the fuel of choice in a rural setting was propane. It was
70-90 cents/gal. Now it is 2.10/gal and btu for btu yielded you can
heat with low-tech electric resistance heat for less money.

1 Million BTU Electricity = $24.90 (TN)

1 Million BTU Propane (80% Furnace)=$28.46


1 Million BTU = 293 kWh * $0.15 (NY) = $43.95

Propane wins. Plus, when the power goes out, propane still runs, if I
had electric, I freeze to death.


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Steve Spence
Dir., Green Trust
http://www.green-trust.org