Propane shortage
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eyetracker
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Everybody in my neighborhood gives me a hard time for cutting wood all spring. I watch the propane truck keep stopping at their houses and I just look at the wood pile and grin. Furnace hasn't ran all year and she likes it warm so I keep it right at 80 all the time with the wood burner. I feel sorry for the people paying for heat!
ReinertsonTaxidermy
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at 1.50/gallon it far outweighs the trouble of getting wood together for the winter. These prices are just stupid though
DannyBoy
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You mean you dont bust your butt splitting wood just for the smell of hickory smoke? I kid you not, every time I burn hickory I start salivating to the thought of pork bellies and brisket in the smoker!
Hardwood11
It is going to be a good fall!
I think I may do this for next year, wood boiler. I have plenty of oak and ash timber to work on!!!
I'm sick of propane
Hardwood11
It is going to be a good fall!
We are at 60 degrees in our house now so we do not have to fill up again!!
Farmers with turkeys and chickens have tough decisions to make
Daver
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Guys, at 56 degrees in the house "at large", make sure you don't have any cold spots where pipes can freeze. 56 degrees at the thermostat could mean something problematic in the basement of an older house or a borderline area, etc.
I would suggest that you trace your pipes in the basement, especially along outside walls and near any type of opening(window, door, etc,) and make sure you have good pipe insulation on them and/or heat tape, etc. Just trying to help prevent a problem for anyone, this is pipe busting weather to be sure.
Hardwood11
It is going to be a good fall!
Well, if and when we build on our lake lot, I'm looking into geothermal
Definitely an option!!
CurtisWalker
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Woke up to my room being 42.. only room in the house with out an electric heater..rather it be cold than hot though
LYON
PMA Member
If there are cold spots you could probably leave a sink trickling to keep water flowing through the pipes. That should help prevent freezing.
HorseDoctor
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Makes one wonder when oil companies in WY are shutting down & plugging recently drilled & productive methane wells because there isn't enough profit in pumping it, now there is a propane "shortage" with skyrocketing prices???? I know methane & propane are different but both are fossil fuel energy sources... Something stinks & it's not the gas.
deeraddict
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I heard Friday prices around me were at $4.99. I burn wood, but am running low on both..... This is total B.S. I even have some relatives who are farmers and they have way more left on their contracts than they will use up. They offered to have it delivered to my mom's place to help her out, and the gas company told them they couldn't do that. BS in my opinion, it is already paid for and they only live 3 miles apart, same gas company and delivery man my mom uses anyway.
MissionMan
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I feel very lucky that I got mine contracted in at 1.81 a gallon
Skully
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I'm with ya Kaare, I bought a Central Boiler three years ago and it has already paid for itself. I heat 3500 sq feet of living space, a 30x40 garage and all of my hot water with fire wood that I cut off of my farm and neighbors farms. My wife is cold blooded so she likes to keep it about 76* in our house.
I've had the same Propane in my tank for 4 years now and I just love watching the gas truck drive on by!
loneranger
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Nice to see some snow!
DannyBoy
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Everything I have heard says it's not a shortage issue, it's a supply issue. There is a big pipeline shut down getting worked on and for whatever reason the suppliers aren't getting product to sell. This is freaking price gouging if you ask me. Suppliers aren't honoring contracts in many cases.
Sounds like congress is acting. Bet that will go nowhere fast!