Hi Doug, I am pretty sure that it is probably cooler here in Minnesota. I call it the great tundra wasteland. :-) I did some searching on the internet for #2 grade heating oil and it is running in the $2.00-$2.30 a gallon range. Eeek! Well I believe that I can use/make BD of less than that. Even if I had to buy WVO from the local BD co-op (not a bad thing) at a 1.00 a gallon, I think I would still be under the going rate for #2 heating oil.
500 gallons? That's a lot. I would have thought that it would be a lot less... maybe I am not in the know. >For example, my wife and I have our house thermostat set > at a fairly low (at least according to our friends) 17 degrees >C. WOW! that is 62-63 F. I keep it at 66F or 19C..... What are your thoughts? Dave --- Doug Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Dave: > > I live in Hamilton, Ontario, which is on the > western end of Lake Ontario > and about the same latitude as Rome. Last year, > which was somewhat colder > than normal, we used approximately 500US gallons of > #2 Fuel Oil to heat our > house at a cost of $1,400 CND. > You should probably talk to a fuel oil > distributor to get an idea of > what the average usage in Minnesota will be. I > suspect that average usage > in your area will be somewhat higher then it is > here. You live further > north than I do and I suspect that you also have a > more continental climate. > But as I'm sure you are aware, there are a lot of > things that can impact > your fuel usage. For example, my wife and I have > our house thermostat set > at a fairly low (at least according to our friends) > 17 degrees C. > > Hope this helps, > > Doug Turner > __________________________________________ Yahoo! DSL Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less. dsl.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/