<DrumBeat: June 9, 2006The Oil Drum

26 comments on Questions About the World's Biggest Natural Gas Field

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chainsaw4wood on June 10, 2006 - 6:33am Permalink | Subthread | Comments top
Re propane: Whilst theoretically this should be "cheap and in surplus," pricing - for some reason - looks a little more robust than ngas. Propane (wholesale) price spiked to $1.20/gal during Katrina panic, then declined to around 90 cents in March, and has been marching northward sine then to now $1.09, a 21% increase while ngas has floundered. I'm not clever enough to do a ngas-propane overlay chart, perhaps someone could, but there seems to be some sort of price disconnect in the last three months. (I burn nearly 3K gallons of this stuff a year for heat, hot water, and cooking. When I got one delivery last winter at $3.00/gal it sure caught my attention!)
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vtpeaknik on June 10, 2006 - 11:27am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
3000 gallons?  Yikes!  Get some insulation!  My house (in Vermont) only uses about a half of that.  (And that's if I don't use any firewood - use that chainsaw...)
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AlanfromBigEasy on June 10, 2006 - 11:50am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Solar water heating should cut your summer, spring & fall  water heating bill to near zero, and significantly cut your winter water heating bill.

A larger solar water heating project could supply some hydronic heat to supplement your propane & wood heat. especially on clear days.

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