Oil heat is very common in New England due to the fact that much if the hou=
sing there is older and natural gas was not available. Oil used to be very =
cheap. Once you get outside of the major metro areas in the USA there is no=
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On May 8, 2011, at 4:46 AM, Jesse Lackey <jsl-ml@celestialaudio.com> wrote:

> 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*.
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> As a former nyc resident, this somewhat shocking factoid makes me wonder=
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> just what the heck took so long to address this.
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> Fortunately, here in oh so chilly california, my house was built (many=20
> decades ago) with natural gas feed.
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> Cheers all
> J
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> mcd@is-sixsigma.com wrote:
>> Mark E. Skeels wrote:
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>>> Can it be more economical than natural gas?
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>> Like many answers, "it depends".
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>> Here in Michigan both natural gas and oil are fairly common.  The price =
of
>> natural gas dropped sharply a while back, causing many people using oil =
to
>> switch.  A couple years later it spiked and oil was cheaper.
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>> Even if you have a gas main out in the street, bringing the line into th=
e
>> house after the fact can be obscenely expensive.  With high efficiency o=
il
>> 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 sta=
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>> that way.
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