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Originally Posted by Antony
My wife and I just "locked-in" for 1,000 gallons of #2 home heating oil at a cost of $2.49/gallon.
Any thoughts on this move?
Where do you people think the price of heating oil will go this winter?
I realize this generally only applies to those of us who live in the North, but the cost of heating oil has held my attention since this summer when I began to research the cost of heating for the approaching winter.
Can't wait for your thoughts.
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It really is such a crap shoot, some years you make out well by locking in. Others you get screwed.
Right now I have gas heat and hot water, but the furnace and HWH are easily 30 yo. When the day comes I might look into one of those high efficiency combo oil furnace/HWH units. Then once the price of diesel...opps HHO
...drops I'll stock up.
I am putting a wood burning insert in our fireplace this year and we'll see if it makes a difference. I've got access to a lot of cheap/free hardwood so that does help a lot. As it sits I don't really have a room that I could put a free-standing woodstove in, otherwise I would. I grew up in a house that heated primarily with wood (my father justified his marine fuel purchases to my mother by doing so
) so I know all too well what's involved.