HOLY CRIPES!

[CtK]

im glad i live in South FL

 

[Ryan]

My heat is electric......

 

[Eli]

Wow.

Doesen't look like we'll be buying heating oil again this year.

Haven't gotten any in the last 4 years. Oh well, we have a wood stove.

 

[Kipper]

Pick up a few extra sweaters. Nothing pisses me off than seeing someone walking around in the winter in shorts and a t-shirt when it's 30 degrees outside.

 

[TheSlamma]

Glad I upgraded to my dual stage Traine furnace and X13 AC this summer.

My electric bill was only $42 for 35 day cycle through July. See how my heating bill does this round.

Housing and heating is getting out of hand... and what is sad is it's needed just to survive.

I guess the rich are not happy with the separation they have right now, instead they just want Rich, poor and poverty classes I guess.

 

[arcas]

There's also the new EPA efficiency requirements to deal with. Starting in January 2006, all central air and heating units must be SEER 13 or higher (currently, the minimum allowed is SEER 10). Even though the industry trade group spokesperson is saying this will only add a few percent to the cost of a unit (I think I read $171), around here installers are saying it's going to almost double the cost. For example, a replacement compressor that costs $1300 today will cost $2100 starting January (this was an actual quote given to a coworker today, BTW).

I'd like to replace my 10-year old gas furnace with a heat pump (or maybe one of the new hybrids that use gas instead of electric coils when in 'emergency' mode) but I figure the installation would cost $7000 - $10000. It would take decades to recoup those costs through the incremental annual savings.

 

[radioouman]

My parents use heating oil. They have the tank filled about twice a year to a cost of around $250 each time.
My wife and I have natural gas heat with level billing.

 

[EagleKeeper]

Send me a thermos and I will send back soem excess heat from here.

Flannel shirts, longjohns and knit caps work wonders when out of bed.

Bedwarmers, quilts work well when in bed.

People went with natural heat for 200+ years in the northern climates.

Stop being such a wuss.

 

[squirrel dog]

Get your hot water heater blanket now,dont wait like I did last year . Sold out all over .