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BackPage Primer from Environmental Building News
July 1, 2008
Comparing Fuel Costs
One would think comparing the costs of different heating fuels and electric heat sources would be pretty easy. That’s not the case. For starters, while we purchase some fuels by the energy content of the fuel, we purchase others by volume or weight—and we use different units for different fuels. Heating oil, propane, and kerosene are sold by the gallon, natural gas by the hundred cubic feet (ccf) or therm (100,000 Btus), firewood by the cord, wood pellets and coal by the ton, and electricity by the kilowatt-hour (kWh)....
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