Greetings all and Happy New Year

Hello fellow Rhode Islanders!

I’ve been reading through this site and your posts and have learned a lot and been entertained by your friendship, you’re a wonderful group here!

I started playing around with the Fuel Comparison Calculator and I’m not sure if I’m working it correctly but it appears Natural gas is a far better and cheaper solution for us in RI right now.
I have a Harman Mark 1 and purchase my anthracite from Cranston Coal. As was stated by a member a ton of anthracite is $297 from them. I got out my last gas bill from National Grid and calculated the total cost per therm which came to 1.1702. If I put these values in the calculator along with the efficiency of my Carrier Gas Furnace #58MVP “up to 96.6% efficient” the cost per million BTU comes to $12.19 for Natural Gas and $15.47 for coal. I guess the gas glut is for real unless I’m not using the calculator correctly?

Regardless, my wife says she still likes the coal stove!

Mike

Welcome, yeah the stove rules. I hate my forced air heat no matter how cheep it could be...

Right now natural gas is cheaper, if you have it. If gas were to be brought up my road, I'd tie in tomorrow. I'd keep my boiler, but I'd be putting in a natural gas burner! Then I'd slowly start stockpiling coal for when the price goes up. Nice to have flexibility. Seeing I don't have gas, I'm saving 65-70% over what I'd be spending in oil, and more off of propane.

Yeah, gas is cheaper if you have it. It's on my street but I just don't have the money to pull out my oil boiler and electric range and all the associated costs.