"Meat Plow" wrote in message
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On Sat, 02 Feb 2008 16:26:56 +0000, Pete C. wrote:

lp13-30 wrote:

Right now Diesel is about $3.249 at the pump. Several people have posted
in here in the last few days about heating oil being almost exactly the
same price, so it looks like there would be no benefit in using Diesel
in a heating system, or heating oil in a Diesel vehicle, from a cost
standpoint. Larry

Little or no financial benefit as far as cost per gallon, but for folks
not on automatic delivery who aren't paying attention and let their
heating tank run dry, it's much cheaper to take two 5gal cans to the gas
station and use that to keep the furnace running until getting a normal
delivery the next day vs. an emergency delivery.

Diesel is too 'dirty' to use in a furnace.


Not quite. Now the other way around (using #2 heating oil in a diesel car)
might be too dirty.