That's what we found the first winter here, so we replaced the propane heat with a geothermal heat pump, and the propane water heater with an electric one that gets excess heat form the heat pump. Our total energy bill was one half of that years bill the next year. Even so, it will take 12-13 years to break even with the geothermal installation.
On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 9:29 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I have a friend in Manassas who complains that propane is obscenely > expensive. He heats his house at 60 and still pays over $500/mo. :( > > > OK Don NSA: The only branch of government that actually listens to US citizens! "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
