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Originally Posted by motion
Isn't this a big deal for people in the NE with $1,000 monthly oil heating bills?
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^yup, surprised this wasn't mentioned more often so far - I suppose responders are either in the "what's this winter you speak of" camp, or they have natural gas heat which is much cheaper.
My country home in PA is in a rural area, so no gas service. Oil or propane, and propane isn't cheaper per BTU. I replaced a 30 year old boiler this fall, so I suppose the lower prices makes my pay-back timeline a little longer. I choose not to think of it this way - I prefer to think of it as I am saving twice...using less oil, and paying less per unit.
I think I spent between 3k or so on heating oil later year, and we don't keep the place at comfortable temperature during the week when we're not there.