!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!............ a $4,890 per annum heating bill for oil
Does electricity come free?
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Whitmire" <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 9:08 AM
Subject: [OM] (Wildly OT) Electric heaters
>
> Again, wildly off topic as far as photography is concerned, but I
> post questions here because I know there are folks on the list who
> have the kind of knowledge I'm looking for.
>
> So those of you who heat with oil know this coming winter is likely
> to be a nightmare for your bank account. We just got our EasyCap
> payment statement from the oil company, and we're going to be
> shelling out $489 a month for 10 months to keep our furnace fed this
> winter. (Unless, as some say, oil prices are on a bubble that's ripe
> for bursting. I'm not holding my breath.)
>
> A huge number of folk are turning to wood pellet stoves, so many in
> fact, that the stoves are backordered and there's no guarantee enough
> pellets will be available during the winter. I'm intrigued, but I'm
> not particularly in favor of encouraging the burning of even more
> fuels that directly dump assorted undesirable gasses into the
> atmosphere.
>
> Cord wood is going for about $262 a cord for green wood, and if you
> don't already have dried wood, forget it. Not going to get any.
>
> So I've been looking at electric heaters, space and otherwise. One I
> find intriguing is the quartz infrared heater. It retails for about
> $250-$300, claims to run on about $1 a day, and, if the claims are
> anywhere near true, would be able to take the edge off in, say, my
> upstairs work area, so that I could keep the thermostat at about 55F
> and run the heater while I'm working.
>
> Esteemed wife is looking at Vornado electric space heaters for her
> fitness studio. She has elderly clients, and needs to have the studio
> heated to about 68F. But she doesn't have that many clients in the
> winter, and these Vornados appear to be the type that would heat up
> the space quickly then turn off, at minimal cost in electricity.
> Again, the thermostat could be left at 55F, or even lower.
>
> Of course I know nothing about electric heater technology these days,
> but I do know there are all kinds of claims starting to circulate
> about how to beat the high cost of oil heat. And I know a few people
> who have ceramic space heaters who tote them from room to room in
> winter and claim to save a considerable amount of money off their
> fuel bills. If anyone on the list has already done the research, or
> is familiar with such things as quartz infrared heat, please advise.
> Off list, if you don't want to clog up the photo stuff, though my
> guess is there are more than just me who might be interested.
>
> Thanx in advance,
>
> --Bob Whitmire
> www.bwp33.com
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