Heating price worries

[Andy Collins]

When you say carbon neutral, are you taking into consideration the conversion from the harvesting stage thru to delivery to the doorstep? I know of no-one in my area who deals in this product, so surely the costs would be considerably higher. I doubt at this moment in time, many homes will run on this product, which will keep costs high. So maybe it is the fuel of the future, and thru a natural development, prices will then reduce as more homes are built/adapted to use this fuel source.

Just ramblings from my empty little head.

[BARNSLEY BOB]

just had 500 gallons of Oil delivered aswell, £340.

 

what the.............please give me your suppliers number ..i"ll have 5000 gallons asap...

[Mr Ed]

When you say carbon neutral, are you taking into consideration the conversion from the harvesting stage thru to delivery to the doorstep?

Good point Andy, but a huge volume of this kind of material ends up as either Compost, low grade boiler fuel or landfill waste.

I know of no-one in my area who deals in this product, so surely the costs would be considerably higher.

Carbon Neutral Fuels Ltd

Stones Green, , Harwich C012 5DF

Tel: 01206 215278 Fax: 01255 871941

I doubt at this moment in time, many homes will run on this product, which will keep costs high. So maybe it is the fuel of the future, and thru a natural development, prices will then reduce as more homes are built/adapted to use this fuel source.

Just ramblings from my empty little head.

 

99% of homes run on fossil fuels. Which way are prices going on them?

 

Biomass fuels have been in mainstream use for 40 years on the continent. We've got some catching up to do....

[Mr Ed]

Very usefull cost comparisons -

http://www.nuergy.com/comparison/2graphs.php

[Quickthorn]

Very usefull cost comparisons -

http://www.nuergy.com/comparison/2graphs.php

 

That's a good link..funny you should post that, I've just been sitting here comparing different fuels to logs. People often compare wood fuel costs to gas oil and electricity, but the real price comparison to be made is with coal, and I'd have thought that the price of this keeps down the market value of wood products. Latest prices I've found are:

Coal (anthracite) £10 / 50 kg bag ( set to go up by about £3 for winter)

Oil 56p/l

Gas 6p / kW h

Logs £120 / ton

Pellets say £155 / ton

Electricity 25p / kWh

Economy 7 4.7p / kWh.

 

Put those into that link, and I think you have a fair comparison.

[andythesquirel]

Very usefull cost comparisons -

http://www.nuergy.com/comparison/2graphs.php

 

Excellent link Ed. Should be interesting to see how the comparisons progress over the next few months with all the predictions of gas and electric increases.

I think we are all going to get hammered this winter with further price rises.

[Mr Ed]

That link is about 2 years old, with oil at 38p a litre. It must be nearly 70p a litre now.

 

The site is run by a mate of mine, Kenny Paterson.

[Quickthorn]

Oil seems to be dropping recently..no doubt Winter will push the price back up again. The average seems to be around 55p/l, if this site - oil price history - is anything to go by.

[Quickthorn]

On the subject of energy price worries, I think I'll be switching my electricity provider in the very near future. It's not something I've done before, and i don't particularly want to have to switch every 5 minutes just to get a reasonable deal. The favourite is ebico at the moment, because it's a not for profit company, and can offer around 14p kWh instead of the 25p kWh I'm paying at the moment. Does anyone else deal with this company?

[christreeroot]

That link is about 2 years old, with oil at 38p a litre. It must be nearly 70p a litre now.

 

The site is run by a mate of mine, Kenny Paterson.

 

 

I paid 53p per ltr for oil today !!!!