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["Don Bowen" <don.bowen AT earthlink.net>]

> What is the Btu equivalence with propane?

Kerosene - 134,000 BTU/Gallon
Propane - 91,600 BTU/Gallon

For a cost comparison

((Cost per unit of fuel * 1,000,000)/BTUs per unit of fuel)/ (heating
efficiency  Assume 85%)

Ie
Kerosene
        Cost per gallon times one million divided by 134,000.  Divide result
by 85%

Propane
        Cost per gallon times one million divided by 91,600.  Divide result
by 85%.

The local bulk price for propane is $2.70 gallon.  That works out to over
$34 per million BTUs and I suspect my efficiency is well unfer 85%.

The local bulk price for Kerosene is $3.50 gallon.  That works out to over
$31 per million BTUs

Looks like kerosene is the cheaper fuel here in North Carolina but it would
not make much of a price increase to shift the balance.

Don Bowen  KI6DIU
http://www.braingarage.com/Dons/Travels/journal/Journal.html