[woodbutcher1963]

The problem is that most of us do not have a choice here in the New England states to switch to natural gas. The choice you have is heating oil, propane, coal, wood or wood pellets. New England does not have the available pipeline capacity to increase distribution. Most of the natural gas goes to power plants to produce electricity. There is no gas pipeline in the front of most peoples houses around here. There probably will never be one at time soon. If there was I would switch immediately.

We who have the money have installed some type of alternative heating system, such as a wood or pellet stove to reduce are oil consumption. Poor people do not have an extra $3000-4000 lying around to make that change. I will install a new wood stove in the house I bought last year soon. It will cost me $4000 before I am done. However, I am going to spend $3500 or more for heating oil this year. Installing the stove should pay for itself within 5 years.

[Grampa Dave]

Tough to get warm back there.

We had about 17 days where it got down into the teens at night and maybe got up to the mid thirties.

The Bay Area Air Nazis declared no burn days re heating unless that was your only heat. They went out with sensors to check the chimneys to see if you were in violation.

Neighbors and friends with pellet stoves like you describe, could not use them as they had other heat.