What is the best way to use a kerosene to offset the price of electric heating costs?
What is the best way to use a kerosene to offset the price of electric heating costs?
What is the best way to use a kerosene to offset the price of electric heating costs?
I have known many people over the years that will use a kerosene heater at night to help with heating bills. Their utility bills are low without a doubt. But with the price of kerosene the way it is and the heater only lasting 12 or so hours on something like 1.5 gallons. I don’t see the benefits. Do any of you?
We had to use a kerosene heater when our power was out during the recent ice storm here, and I have to tell you that in the six days we had to rely on it for heat, at about 5 or six hours a day only, we went thru about $125. worth of kerosene, at $38. for 5 gallons. I don’t see that as saving any money on utility bills. Pretty dang expensive.
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June 19th, 2010 at 2:30 am
We had to use a kerosene heater when our power was out during the recent ice storm here, and I have to tell you that in the six days we had to rely on it for heat, at about 5 or six hours a day only, we went thru about $125. worth of kerosene, at $38. for 5 gallons. I don’t see that as saving any money on utility bills. Pretty dang expensive.
June 19th, 2010 at 2:30 am
Keosene is mostly a thing of the past. It is a petroleum product just like gas and diesel. We all know the price of oil today. More efficent ways are to look at wood pellet stoves or corn cob furnaces. This stuff is waist from sawmills and farmers that have no idea how to get rid of this stuff, so we make useful products out of it and burn it.
June 19th, 2010 at 2:30 am
get a wood burning stove, a chainsaw, some spliting wedges and sledge hammer. you will be warm even if the power is out.