GOT HEATING OIL YESTERDAY

eddyandme · ‎09-24-2011

The Oil Man came yesterday afternoon and filled the tank. It was $5.50per gallon!!!!

I live in MA but get my oil from RI 'cause they've always been the cheapest around. All I can say is I hope and pray it's gonna be a mild winter.....

Snowpuppy · ‎03-09-2010

OH MY WORD!

Up here it's mostly propane. Not as painful yet!

catter70 · ‎10-11-2017

OMG, I have friends recently that got oil and it was over $5.00 a gal. That was about 3 weeks ago.We're in Pa. I have natural gas and I know that's gone up, also. Haven't really gotten a bill since putting the heat on. I think I saw on Fox Business that it will go up about 28%. I'm sure I'll have sticker shock, too. I guess we all need to bundle up and set the themostat back, though I keep mine around 68.

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Meowingkitty · ‎06-19-2010

@eddyandme wrote:
The Oil Man came yesterday afternoon and filled the tank. It was $5.50per gallon!!!!

I live in MA but get my oil from RI 'cause they've always been the cheapest around. All I can say is I hope and pray it's gonna be a mild winter.....

Just a stupid question. I live in the southwest and we have an electric heat pump. How much is oil usually? Do you fill up a tank with oil and light some kind of fuse like gas heat? Don't mean to be stupid but I've never had anything's other than an electric heat pump and A/C.

On It · ‎03-15-2021

@Meowingkitty wrote:
@eddyandme wrote:
The Oil Man came yesterday afternoon and filled the tank. It was $5.50per gallon!!!!

I live in MA but get my oil from RI 'cause they've always been the cheapest around. All I can say is I hope and pray it's gonna be a mild winter.....
Just a stupid question. I live in the southwest and we have an electric heat pump. How much is oil usually? Do you fill up a tank with oil and light some kind of fuse like gas heat? Don't mean to be stupid but I've never had anything's other than an electric heat pump and A/C.

I do not understand a heating oil system either. Any explanations for how they operate would be appreciated.

eddyandme · ‎09-24-2011

@Meowingkitty , @On It - we have a furnace and an oil tank. All I do is put the switch on and the oil tank fuels the furnace (oil burner) which heats the radiators.

The price per gallon is waay higher right now than ever! The prices vary every season, but this year it's already out of the normal range. To 'add fuel to the fire', they're saying now that there'll be a shortage in New England and it might have to be rationed. Not a good situation.

Oznell · ‎11-08-2014

@SunnysMom, don't be discouraged. I think more and more people are twigging to these horrendous oil and fuel deficits, accurately. If they weren't, you wouldn't see the growing, furious upswing in media attempts to obscure and deflect.

On It · ‎03-15-2021

@eddyandme Thank you for the explanation. I look at real estate all over the country. I know I have seen the radiators in houses and the furnace in basements. Now I believe I have successfully connected the dots.

I hope the shortage is a false alarm and that you have a safe, warm winter inside your home.

deepwaterdotter · ‎03-09-2010

@Oznell wrote:
@SunnysMom, don't be discouraged. I think more and more people are twigging to these horrendous oil and fuel deficits, accurately. If they weren't, you wouldn't see the growing, furious upswing in media attempts to obscure and deflect.

I don't have an opinion one way or another regarding the price or availability of oil, but want to thank you for adding a term to my vocabulary. I looked up the meaning of "twigging", had never heard it used before.