Poll: Do you have natural gas?

My neighbors and I have petitioned the Gas supplier for 20 years to finish the line down the road. It stopped a 1/4 mile down. Our choices are oil, propane, and my current weapon of choice, coal. Around here if you don't get gas it burns your butt and if you do,,,,,,it still burns your butt

I found that as you get older a lot more foods give you gas naturally that never did before. But as for heating I wish I did, it would make a lot better back up than propain, don't think it will ever happen here there just aren't enough houses we can't even get more than one choice for any other utility.

Looking for a ng conversion kit for the portable generator. A buck fifty and I'd get one. $300 seems too expensive.
Irene shut us down flat. Halloween storm shut us down flat. Sandy shut us down flat for two weeks. I went all the way To Allentown for gas to feed the gen the first few days after Irene. Gas lines were unbelievable.
So that's my choice, gas lines or a gas line to the gen

There is a gas well almost in my back yard, just dropped 6 holes last summer. Once the pipelines are in they will be pulling gas out from under my land.

But No, I do not have access to NG. (Unless I take my royalites in gas rather than $, even then the gas is useless to me, gas here is very wet gas and not so good for home appliances as it is.)

Scottscoaled wrote:My neighbors and I have petitioned the Gas supplier for 20 years to finish the line down the road. It stopped a 1/4 mile down. Our choices are oil, propane, and my current weapon of choice, coal. Around here if you don't get gas it burns your butt and if you do,,,,,,it still burns your butt

I haven't been petitioning for as long, but I'm in the same boat. The high pressure gas main is 1300 feet away, and the gas co will not run the line down my street!

Burning coal works great for me, but I'm not going to install any type of solid fuel appliance in my rental unit.

I feel your pain.
We've got a high pressure gas line RUNNING ACROSS THE FRONT OF OUR PROPERTY but we can't get gas. When we built here in 2003 I made a number of calls to the gas company trying to get approval for a "farm tap" but it never happened.
So near yet so far...

Put a clamp on it at night. Free gas for life.



No gas anywhere near my neighborhood.

Natural gas runs on the main road nearby to the new neighborhood up the way. I've got propane. My neighbors are too cheap and stupid to petition for natural gas.

I have a natural gas fired powerplant 1/2 mile from my road, and one of the 4' high pressure mains that feeds Providence is on the other side of my road. No NG service to town.

my vote may not count - I don't have access to coal - well I do but at 9 bucks a bag do I really

Two years ago I convinced National Grid to extend the gas line 60 more feet to my house and had a new gas boiler installed to replace my 60 year old oil fired boiler. The timing couldn't have been better! Still burning coal though.

Rich

Gas is all the rage now as it is CHEAP. But hang on coal burners, how long can that last? It will go up sooner or later, so keep
the coal appliance at the ready, you will be glad you did!

I've got gas.

But my bit stoker is still much cheaper to operate.

I personally hate having gas piped in and the monthly bill, I hardly use any NG so I pay just above the monthly min for the stove, HW, and dryer. If oil and NG were close in price, and I had the choice of the two, I would choose oil every time.