Prices per MM BTU range from $11.36 for a Masonry heater* to $33.21 for an
electric heat pump.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/home...?click=main_sr

The best non-weird heating source is Natural Gas at $13.52 per MM BTU.

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* A "Masonry heater" is one in which the hot exhaust gases from a
wood-burning fire meander through your masonry walls, capturing the
otherwise wasted heat before it leaves the chimney.

On Feb 4, 7:31*am, "HeyBub" wrote:
Prices per MM BTU range from $11.36 for a Masonry heater* to $33.21 for an
electric heat pump.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/home...-efficient/is-...

The best non-weird heating source is Natural Gas at $13.52 per MM BTU.

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* A "Masonry heater" is one in which the hot exhaust gases from a
wood-burning fire meander through your masonry walls, capturing the
otherwise wasted heat before it leaves the chimney.

My favorite part is the hippie that rides the bus and gets up at 4AM
to haul more wood into his stove. They say that he spends $1200 a
year
on wood and he's saving $1,000 a year? WTF? He lives in Virginia.
I live in NJ, have nat gas, and it doesn't cost me $1200 for heat for
a 3100 sq ft house. Also, the Popular Mechanics chart of fuel cost
shows that using a wood stove costs about the same as natural gas
or propane.

They also made a big mistake, which they corrected at the end.
The line for "electric heat pump" is actually "electric heat". And
oddly there is no info for an actual heat pump system.

On Feb 4, 12:31*pm, "HeyBub" wrote:
Prices per MM BTU range from $11.36 for a Masonry heater* to $33.21 for an
electric heat pump.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/home...-efficient/is-...

The best non-weird heating source is Natural Gas at $13.52 per MM BTU.

---------
* A "Masonry heater" is one in which the hot exhaust gases from a
wood-burning fire meander through your masonry walls, capturing the
otherwise wasted heat before it leaves the chimney.

You have to take into account the relative efficiency of the appliance
that uses it too.

The latter principle you mention sounds extremely dodgy.

On Feb 4, 1:45*pm, harry wrote:
On Feb 4, 12:31*pm, "HeyBub" wrote:

Prices per MM BTU range from $11.36 for a Masonry heater* to $33.21 for an
electric heat pump.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/home...-efficient/is-...

The best non-weird heating source is Natural Gas at $13.52 per MM BTU.

---------
* A "Masonry heater" is one in which the hot exhaust gases from a
wood-burning fire meander through your masonry walls, capturing the
otherwise wasted heat before it leaves the chimney.

You have to take into account the relative efficiency of the appliance
that uses it too.

No ****, Sherlock...... Seems the PM article did exactly
that.



The latter principle you mention sounds extremely dodgy.

On Mon, 4 Feb 2013 06:31:20 -0600, "HeyBub"
wrote:

Prices per MM BTU range from $11.36 for a Masonry heater* to $33.21 for an
electric heat pump.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/home...?click=main_sr

The best non-weird heating source is Natural Gas at $13.52 per MM BTU.

---------
* A "Masonry heater" is one in which the hot exhaust gases from a
wood-burning fire meander through your masonry walls, capturing the
otherwise wasted heat before it leaves the chimney.


May have been useful in 2011 when written, but you won't find fuel oil
at 2.65 today.