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Heating Oil Prices - 30 Year Historical Chart. Interactive chart showing the monthly closing price for No. 2 Heating Oil: New York Harbor since 1986. The prices shown are in U.S. dollars.
YearAverageclosing PriceYear OpenYear High2024$2.55$2.47$2.882023$2.68$2.96$3.412022$3.57$2.25$5.152021$1.91$1.36$2.45- Is There A Better Heating Fuel Out there?
- Heating Value and Per Unit of Fuel Varies
- Efficiency of Consumption Varies A Lot Too
- … and Don’T Forget Efficiency of Distribution
- Combining Factors Into One Easy Comparison
- Example: Switch from Oil to Propane?
The cold endured by these penguins got me thinking about heating fuels. With home heating fuel prices bouncing up and down as much as they have over the last few years, it’s easy to think that there must be a better solution out there, with a different fuel. But is there? Some cost calculations will help us answer that question. Let’s check on the ...
By themselves, these cost figures don’t mean much because the heating value, or BTUs, contained in a unit of each fuel is so different. For example, one gallon of fuel oil contains 0.15 million BTUs, while one gallon of propane contains 40% less: 0.091 million BTUs.
Also, the amount of useful heat obtained from a given fuel depends on how efficiently it’s consumed. Combustion efficiency varies widely — from as low as 30% for the worst of the outdoor wood boilers to over 95% for a top-efficiency, condensing gas boiler. Heating with electric baseboard heaters is 100% efficient. (Keep in mind that most electricit...
To further complicate fuel cost comparisons, a third factor is how efficiently heat is distributed. With electric baseboard radiators, the heat is produced right in the room, so the distribution is 100% efficient. Baseboard hot water (hydronic) heat is also usually very efficient, though uninsulated hot water pipes running through an unheated basem...
In order to combine all these factors into a meaningful comparison of heating fuel costs, it’s easiest to use an online comparison calculator like one offered by BuildingGreen. This allows you to enter your cost for a particular fuel, your heating system efficiency, and its distribution efficiency. The end result is a figure in dollars per million ...
I know someone who heats with oil, paying $3.68 per gallon, and uses an older forced-air furnace with roughly 75% efficiency. The heat is distributed through ducts that run through the heated space, with roughly 98% efficiency. Using the online calculator, we can see my friend is paying $36.10 per million BTUs. Let’s say he wants to upgrade to prop...
Aug 4, 2016 · Furnace Oil – Current weekly consumer prices for furnace oil in 30 Canadian cities plus the average Canada price. Prices by city; Prices by year; All fuels in a combined price chart; Wholesale Prices
The average domestic heating oil price in Canada reached about 902 Canadian dollars per 1,000 liters in April 2020. Drops in prices over early 2020 is likely due to the coronavirus...
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Nov 15, 2012 · An online Fuel Cost Calculator lets you compare the cost of heating with natural gas, propane, fuel oil, electricity, and firewood.