Have you done any energy loss calculations on your house? Unless you have prior bills, that's probably the only way to get a decent figure for how much fuel you'll need. Houses vary too much to be able to give a decent average number, even assuming the same climate. You can get fancy programs and such to simualte energy use, but I'd just use a simple UA analysis and heating degree days to get a ballpark.
And it depends alot on your comfort level too. I happen to like 60F much better than 70F. On 1/5/06, David Marquis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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/ > > _______________________________________________ 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/
