bdhsfz6
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- Joined
- Apr 11, 2015
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- Location
- Northeastern Pennsylvania
- Tractor
- Kubota MX5800 HST & L6060 HSTC Formerly L6060 HST B7100 HST, L2550, L3010 HST, L3430 HST
A few things I do:
I live in the Anthracite coal region of northeastern PA. With no transport costs to run up the price, coal is less than half the cost of heating oil per BTU. I fired up my old Harman stoker and plan to heat with coal again this year. Coal certainly pollutes more than oil but the hard Anthracite we have locally is about as "clean" as you can get if you use coal.
I used to heat my shop with propane but recently installed a very efficient electric ductless heat / AC system. It throws more heat than the propane heater for less money and I get an air conditioned shop in the summer as well. With the power company rebates, my own labor and the tax break, the system should pay for itself in less than 10 years.
My wife and I used to travel frequently but have scaled back in the last couple of years. The high costs plus the Covid restrictions just took all the fun out of it.
I live in the Anthracite coal region of northeastern PA. With no transport costs to run up the price, coal is less than half the cost of heating oil per BTU. I fired up my old Harman stoker and plan to heat with coal again this year. Coal certainly pollutes more than oil but the hard Anthracite we have locally is about as "clean" as you can get if you use coal.
I used to heat my shop with propane but recently installed a very efficient electric ductless heat / AC system. It throws more heat than the propane heater for less money and I get an air conditioned shop in the summer as well. With the power company rebates, my own labor and the tax break, the system should pay for itself in less than 10 years.
My wife and I used to travel frequently but have scaled back in the last couple of years. The high costs plus the Covid restrictions just took all the fun out of it.
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