As we sit here basking in summers warmth.... I decided to take a glance at heating oil futures for next winter delivery. ouch!!

they're running about $3.19 a gal at the moment. ( it was 2.80 a week or so ago. )

although this is the period when contracts for the winter get signed so a little run up isn't entirely unexpected.

So I'm guessing $3.50-$3.75 delivered to the home.
Gonna be a long cold winter with the thermostat set at 40°F.

 

Just did my oil prebuy. Ouch!! I'm going to have to turn the heat in my garage down to 55.

 

whats this heat you speak of in the winter ??? time to invest in more hoodies

 

My wood pile is looking better all the time!

 

About 3 winters ago it cost me about $7,000 to heat my 13 room house. I invested in a pair of large pellet stoves. Pellets last season ran me $2,200 and my house is much warmer. Still burn some oil occasionally but not much.