Go ahead and put the sarc tags in. I have just been listening to Matt Savinar explain all this again and find the prospect of half the houses in this town not being heated this winter even with the Gov’s $1200 gift a fairly likely prospect.
“Go ahead and put the sarc tags in. I have just been listening to Matt Savinar explain all this again and find the prospect of half the houses in this town not being heated this winter even with the Gov’s $1200 gift a fairly likely prospect.”
yes. I’m trying to come to terms with the fact that our 7 yr. old very expensive oil fueled furnace is now useless to us.
We have to figure out a way to heat a fairly large home (not a McMansion - but a remodeled farmhouse) that runs on baseboard heat.
We can keep the upstairs chilly, but don’t want to burst water pipes.
Need to keep downstairs warm though - young kids and 2 babies.
You know, somehow people heated their homes before, and they will heat their homes again.
If the price gets so high nobody can afford it, then nobody will buy it. If nobody buys it, the people who supply it go bankrupt. Except they don’t want to go bankrupt, so they will lower the price.
Of course, the more government proves they will step in and pay “whatever it takes”, the more likely it is the price will go up. Government subsidies are what is ruining the ability of people to heat their homes.
I've heard forcasts that for homes heated with heating oil, to expect bills this winter of $2000 to $2500 a month, given the current trends in oil costs.
And electric heat won't be exempt either. While much of the electrical energy in the US is supplied by coal fired power plants, that coal is transported to the power plants via railroads: Using diesel electric locomotives. So the cost of mining the coal, as well as getting it to the power plants will be increasing greatly too.
Mark