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  • From: "Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>
  • To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Propane prices
  • Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2007 09:32:18 -0800

Well, I'm not even asking what the price is here right now. We topped the tank (250 gallon tank) in March and it was $500. The prices out here are closer to $3.00 a gallon. We are downsizing on anything gas. Got rid of the stove (Happy Dance <g>), got rid of the old walloven that had a pilot, turned off the heater. Even with the cold snap we had in April, we still have half a tank. We're getting an on-demand water heat in the next couple of months and we're going to wrap all the pipes under the house. We're thinking about getting a smaller on-demand electric water heater to put under the sink for the kitchen since even though we've got the electric stove now and it's been well over a 100 for days on end and we're using the two little air-conditioners, our electric bill is less than it was last year.

I do know that the price of propane and the price of gas out here makes no sense at all. It goes up and down like a yo-yo with no rhymme nor reason. When the price of a barrel of crude went down, the price of diesel went down but the price of gas went up. With the last spike in the price of a gallon of crude, the price of diesel went up and the price of gas went do. Go figure!

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- From: "Gene GeRue" <genegerue AT ruralize.com>


Called four propane companies that will deliver to Heartwood. Two are
at $1.649 and two are at $1.699. The tank could take as much as 700
gallons but no one will give a discount for a large purchase. The
issue is will prices be up or down next summer. Energy companies are
no doubt currently all giddy with demand and profits. Only possible
condition I can see is the presidential election. Any thoughts?





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