I missed this thread, but to add OT to OT - Michael Bloomberg, mayor of=20
NYC, recently announced the long-term phaseout of heating oil in new=20
york, with various incentives and rebates and the like for building=20
owners with oil heat.  Apparently, the burning of heating oil #4 and #6=20
(no idea what the numbers mean) contribute more to air pollution than=20
all the cars, buses, taxis and trucks *combined*.

As a former nyc resident, this somewhat shocking factoid makes me wonder=20
just what the heck took so long to address this.

Fortunately, here in oh so chilly california, my house was built (many=20
decades ago) with natural gas feed.

Cheers all
J





mcd@is-sixsigma.com wrote:
> Mark E. Skeels wrote:
>
>> Can it be more economical than natural gas?
>
> Like many answers, "it depends".
>
> Here in Michigan both natural gas and oil are fairly common.  The price o=
f
> natural gas dropped sharply a while back, causing many people using oil t=
o
> switch.  A couple years later it spiked and oil was cheaper.
>
> Even if you have a gas main out in the street, bringing the line into the
> house after the fact can be obscenely expensive.  With high efficiency oi=
l
> furnaces, even here in the frozen north it would take decades to recover
> the cost of conversion, even though natural gas is *currently* less
> expensive.  And given the volatility, it would be a poor bet it will stay
> that way.
>
> --McD
>
>
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