Actual Cost Of Commercial Heat

[gladehound]

A chuckled when I read the title :thumbsup:

 

[kenmac]

I play devil's advocate... The republican's are helll bent on drilling, fracking, mining and stirring up natural gas anywhere they can, so.... why not just go ahead and use it. This way I stay warm, and they get a nice sense of accomplishment.

I say,,,, drill baby drill !!!! You want to keep buying forging energy ?
My investments have grown very well under our republican prez. I get depressed every time I look at my statement ! NOT !

 

[ultrarunner]

I have one 1920's house that is very much original... bought it from the lady that bought it brand new... so I am the second owner.

One of the features everyone loves is the big old Gravity Central furnace in the basement... no electricity needed... and it provides a soft gentle heat to every corner of the house and to each level... it may not be the most efficient but for comfort is second only to radiant floor heat...

Our Grandparents were not dummies... they had simple systems that worked well... and electricity was mostly for lights and refrigeration...

Another home I own had a big Wedgewood Stove with wood on one side and electric on the other... the wood side had a factory copper coil that went to a tank to provide hot water... with gas back up... again... 1920's technology.

 

[goeduck]

Larry - does your own shadow frighten you also. Man, you are paranoid. I live very remote - been out here 36 years now. Had ONE power outage that was "long" - 28 hours. Normal is one or two outages per year - one or two hours in length. I burned wood the first ten years, then pellets for the next ten and now I use the electric heat we initially installed. Electric heat is considerably cheeper than wood or pellets.

And I guess I'm simply fortunate to be connected to an electric utility that takes customer service and system maintenance seriously.

When My wife was growing up they had a place in your stomping grounds on Williams Lake. She has fond memories of your area.

 

[Streetcar]

I kind of thought so - Old Red, but I had to get my "poke" in also.

Well - if we have a zombie apocalypse - just hook the Wallenstein BX60 up to the tractor and start chipping zombies. They should burn real nice in my wood stove.

Make sure to let the zombies season before burning them. Burning wet fuel will cause problems

 

[Old Red]

I say,,,, drill baby drill !!!! You want to keep buying forging energy ?
My investments have grown very well under our republican prez. I get depressed every time I look at my statement ! NOT !

I've been telling everyone I know who has a 401k to look at their balances and how they have grown over the last 15 months. I'm only in my early 40s and we have some substantive money in our accounts (being in the workforce for 20 years) - nothing like someone who has been working 20 years longer (those in their 60s), but still yet....even with our mid career 401k amounts...holy cow! It's been crazy!

Oh...and yes, commercial heat is expensive to! Especially when my heat strips kick in..it's just plain silly....wish the people who built my house did a dual fuel with propane aux heat.

 

[ultrarunner]

I've been telling everyone I know who has a 401k to look at their balances and how they have grown over the last 15 months. I'm only in my early 40s and we have some substantive money in our accounts (being in the workforce for 20 years) - nothing like someone who has been working 20 years longer (those in their 60s), but still yet....even with our mid career 401k amounts...holy cow! It's been crazy!

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Just looked at my Statement... down 14% year over year.

Pretty much think I could be the poster child on how not to invest in Wall Street.

This months Electric Bill: 24 cents per kWh for 350 kWh...

Year in and year out... average is 12 kWh per day.

 

[Oaktree]

Just looked at my Statement... down 14% year over year.

Pretty much think I could be the poster child on how not to invest in Wall Street.

I guess! You had to try to lose money in 2017. Maybe time to sell that GE and Sears stock.

 

[goeduck]

I've been telling everyone I know who has a 401k to look at their balances and how they have grown over the last 15 months. I'm only in my early 40s and we have some substantive money in our accounts (being in the workforce for 20 years) - nothing like someone who has been working 20 years longer (those in their 60s), but still yet....even with our mid career 401k amounts...holy cow! It's been crazy!
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Oh yes, off the charts. But just remember, the markets go DOWN just like they go up. Ie as recent as 2008.

 

[ultrarunner]

I guess! You had to try to lose money in 2017. Maybe time to sell that GE and Sears stock.

Buy and hold...

I did go all in in 1982 in Apple Stock... sold it and made $1500... since than buy and hold.