Thread: OT- Propane price surprise.

On Mon, 19 Nov 2012 19:17:14 -0500, Ross@home wrote:

> What are other folks paying for propane these days? Sheldon?

New York is $2.67

Texas is $2.25

Gasoline is $2.97 in Austin.

-sw

On Nov 19, 4:17*pm, Ross@home wrote:
> We live in a rural area with no access to natural gas so we rely on
> propane. We have a 1500 liter propane tank and use propane for home
> cooking, home heating (supplemental to wood stove), water heating,
> clothes drying (when they can't be hung out), and the big tank is even
> connected to our outdoor grill. We use between 4,000 & 5,000 liters
> per year.
> With the price of gasoline steadily climbing, I was dreading where
> this winter's propane price might go.
> The pleasant surprise came on our recent fill which was 1041.2 liters
> at the price of only $0.399/liter. For those of you that buy propane
> by the US gallon that's only $1.51/gallon.
> In addition, our locked in price over the winter, good until April
> 30/13 is an unbelievable $0.499/liter (US $1.89/gallon).
> The last time we had a price lower than 39.9 cents a liter was in the
> summer of 2004. In years past we have paid as high as 74 cents per
> liter
> What are other folks paying for propane these days? Sheldon?
>
> Ross.
> Southern Ontario, Canada

$2.49 for me.

And it came to pass that Ross delivered the following message unto the
people, saying~

> What are other folks paying for propane these days? Sheldon?

In the beginning of August, about $2.60/gal, I think. I actually haven't
bought propane in months, since my propane-powered truck was stolen (and
subsequently destroyed by fire.)

<Ross@home> wrote:
> We live in a rural area with no access to natural gas so we rely on
> propane. We have a 1500 liter propane tank and use propane for home
> cooking, home heating (supplemental to wood stove), water heating,
> clothes drying (when they can't be hung out), and the big tank is even
> connected to our outdoor grill. We use between 4,000 & 5,000 liters
> per year.
> With the price of gasoline steadily climbing, I was dreading where
> this winter's propane price might go.
> The pleasant surprise came on our recent fill which was 1041.2 liters
> at the price of only $0.399/liter. For those of you that buy propane
> by the US gallon that's only $1.51/gallon.
> In addition, our locked in price over the winter, good until April
> 30/13 is an unbelievable $0.499/liter (US $1.89/gallon).
> The last time we had a price lower than 39.9 cents a liter was in the
> summer of 2004. In years past we have paid as high as 74 cents per
> liter
> What are other folks paying for propane these days? Sheldon?
>
> Ross.
> Southern Ontario, Canada

I would have to check around. Ever since propane jumped some years ago, I
never saw price decreases on pre filled tanks.Paid $4.30 gallon a year ago
with delivery.

Greg

On Mon, 19 Nov 2012 19:17:14 -0500, Ross@home wrote:

>We live in a rural area with no access to natural gas so we rely on
>propane. We have a 1500 liter propane tank and use propane for home
>cooking, home heating (supplemental to wood stove), water heating,
>clothes drying (when they can't be hung out), and the big tank is even
>connected to our outdoor grill. We use between 4,000 & 5,000 liters
>per year.
>With the price of gasoline steadily climbing, I was dreading where
>this winter's propane price might go.
>The pleasant surprise came on our recent fill which was 1041.2 liters
>at the price of only $0.399/liter. For those of you that buy propane
>by the US gallon that's only $1.51/gallon.
>In addition, our locked in price over the winter, good until April
>30/13 is an unbelievable $0.499/liter (US $1.89/gallon).
>The last time we had a price lower than 39.9 cents a liter was in the
>summer of 2004. In years past we have paid as high as 74 cents per
>liter
>What are other folks paying for propane these days? Sheldon?
>
>Ross.
>Southern Ontario, Canada

Last bill was just under $3 a gallon. In fact the gas company will be
here tomorrow to install another one of those ventless heaters, this
the smallest they make (10,000 BTUs) for inside my well shed. I have
an electric heater in there for winter and it's very cheap to run,
especially since I have the electric service on for the well anyway
and the minimum is like $40/month. The electric heater only adds
another $10 and thats an average for only five months. It's only to
keep the pipes from freezing, I have it set so it holds at about 45ºF.
The propane heater will only get used in case of a power failure... a
lot less hassle than a generator. The well shed is only about 100
sqft with a 7' ceiling and it's very well insulated, framed with 2" X
6", and faces south. I like propane, it's a lot cleaner than oil, and
wood is worse. I have a huge wood burning box stove in my basement,
water jacketed so it heats hot water for baseboard and makes domestic
hot water. But it's dirty and dealing with firewood is a PIA, and I
don't think wood burning saves money. Plenty of people where I live
heat with wood; they need to buy wood or gather their own. Between
chain saws, log splitters, and trucking there's really no savings,
those things cost a lot of money to buy and maintain... and then the
stove and chimney need maintenence too. And then a wood fire requires
constant attention, you can't go anywhere for too long lest the fire
goes out... those who heat with wood every moment of their life is
concernd with wood. And wood stoves are dangerous, every winter
several houses around here burn to the ground, and you don't hear
about all the small fires that require rebuilding a room. At this
point in my life I much prefer to set a thermostat.

On 2012-11-20, gregz <[email protected]> wrote:

>> What are other folks paying for propane these days? Sheldon?

Last Winter it was > $2.50 gal. Last week I paid about $1.80 gal.

nb


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