I go another oil delivery yesterday. I've been tracking my oil use
and the degree days for a few years. But let me back up a bit.

A few years ago, I was doing some research on a new oil fired boiler
for both heating and hot water. One of the suggestions was from Chris
Young, the Stormin Mormon at hangs out here. He suggested I look into
the System 2000 by Energy Kinetics. I did and I bought it.

The literature on their web site says you can save up to 40% over the
old style boiler like I had. Doubtful, I figured if I save even 20%
it would be a good deal. I had the system installed and started doing
the comparisons. My real savings was 39.2% the first season. My oil
supplier verified it and so did Energy Kinetics.

This morning I put the last two deliveries into my spreadsheet, I got
the degree days from www.degreedays.net and did the calculations. So
far this heating season, my savings as compared to my old (30 years)
boiler is $907.00. I'm happy with that.

The system is paid for itself in a few years with oil cost savings. At
the time of purchase, I was able to get a state energy rebate, Federal
tax credit and state financing at 0% interest.