Comments on: Ready for Winter? Home Heating Update & Heads Up http://www.citizeneconomists.com/blogs/2008/08/25/ready-for-winter-home-heating-update-heads-up/ Citizen Economists is an online economics magazine written by citizen journalists. These ordinary citizens provide reports and commentary on the current events affecting the economics of the fields they work in. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:44:52 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Craig http://www.citizeneconomists.com/blogs/2008/08/25/ready-for-winter-home-heating-update-heads-up/comment-page-1/#comment-1398 Craig Sat, 20 Sep 2008 17:50:19 +0000 http://www.amateureconomists.com/blogs/?p=236#comment-1398 Article is 100% wrong about how many pellets are required to replace a certain amount of oil. Just as there is voodoo economics, there is voodoo home heating too! Please see these articles: http://www.hearth.com/compare http://www.hearth.com/econtent/index.php/wiki/You_and_a_BTU/ bottom line for rule of thumb. A ton of pellets will replace from 100 to 120 gallons of fuel oil. NOT 400+ as the author seems to suggest. Article is 100% wrong about how many pellets are required to replace a certain amount of oil. Just as there is voodoo economics, there is voodoo home heating too!

Please see these articles:
http://www.hearth.com/compare
http://www.hearth.com/econtent/index.php/wiki/You_and_a_BTU/

bottom line for rule of thumb. A ton of pellets will replace from 100 to 120 gallons of fuel oil. NOT 400+ as the author seems to suggest.

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