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Frugal and Energy Efficient Living

sendero

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13. My fire wood....

Reply to lumberjack_jeff (Original post)

Fri Mar 13, 2015, 06:52 AM

Mar 2015

... costs include the gas and oil for the chainsaw, a new chain now and then, gas for the hydraulic splitter and gas to haul the wood from one place to another. And of course the labor to cut, split and haul the wood, but I actually like doing that, keeps me moving.

I heat my house exclusively with wood and the wood itself is "free" other than those costs so I'm thinking I'm getting off way cheaper than nat gas.

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Cost per 1M BTU's of various heating fuels [View all] lumberjack_jeff Feb 2015 OP

I am a little surprised by this. Curmudgeoness Feb 2015 #1

It takes about 4 cords of firewood to heat my house for a winter. lumberjack_jeff Feb 2015 #2

That is true---if you are able to get firewood yourself, Curmudgeoness Feb 2015 #3

I have a woodstove... and a forced air furnace with a heat pump. lumberjack_jeff Feb 2015 #8

Is that "face cords" or standard... NeoGreen Feb 2015 #10

Full cords, measured by shed volume. lumberjack_jeff Feb 2015 #11

Does "fuel oil" include both gasoline and diesel? cbayer Feb 2015 #4

I don't know anyone who uses gasoline for heating fuel. lumberjack_jeff Feb 2015 #5

Ah, it's only about heating. I completely missed that part. cbayer Feb 2015 #6

Passive solar heating is a great idea in some parts of the country. lumberjack_jeff Feb 2015 #7

Ok, thanks. I will play around with the spreadsheet. cbayer Feb 2015 #9

Electricity for this graph is resistive only. Heatpumps are about $15/MMBTU mackdaddy Mar 2015 #12

My fire wood.... sendero Mar 2015 #13

Depending on the distance hauled, it can be inexpensive. lumberjack_jeff Mar 2015 #14

Usually a total... sendero Mar 2015 #15