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To: hennie pennie

Programable thermostat is set to 46 when no one is home, which is most of the time. I’ve used maybe 150 gallons of propane this season. Woodstove is my primary source in the evenings.


21 posted on 02/11/2010 10:57:07 AM PST by east1234 (It's the borders stupid! My new environmentalist inspired tagline: cut, kill, dig and drill)
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To: east1234
I have my furnace on 65 day and 56 night...shut off bedroom and office. I wear a heavy sweater, sheepskin slippers and a scarf.

I use a lap top - and have it in the south corner of the living room = warmest spot in the house - with sunshine too.

I wear wool socks to bed - and snuggle down in a cocoon of feathers: mattress/pillows/comforter.

The above was started in December after the snow and ice covered my wood pile...and it was too dangerous for this old great gramma to struggle with it. It has been a mighty cold winter up here in Maine - but in 2 1/2 months I've only burned a bit about 125 gals of oil. But we've had 3 above freezing days this week - so there's a light at the end of the tunnel.

However, I'm thinking maybe I should rethink the saiving on oil. If obummer gets his super grid in so's he can ration/reduce our consumption, he may look at what I'm using and reduce it regardless. government formulas are 'one size fits all'

72 posted on 02/11/2010 5:08:29 PM PST by maine-iac7 ("He has the right to criticize who has the heart to help" Lincoln)
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