What are the pros and con for having propane gas?
For my home in south carolina.
Propane is 20-40 % cheaper to use than electricity, depending on the appliances installed. Contrary to public opinion, Propane has a higher safety rating than electricity. (Most home fires are caused by electrical fires.)
Big Tony The Plumber shows you how to fix in place a gas line for a propane generator. This is part one. Big Tony will actually answer any questions ...
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• Brooks Gas bid $1.845 per gallon, with no labor expense on equipment.
• Country Pride bid $1.84 per gallon.
• Farrell Gas bid $1.979 per gallon.
All three offered no rental charges on tanks.
“The narration has been we had Brooks for a long time,” McMillan told the scantling. “They always did a great job.”
However, recently the city worked with Sticks Pride, and Fire Chief Michael Taylor spoke fleetingly on some issues he’d experienced with propane and heating service at Station 1. He said on two occasions, the tank there has been allowed to run out, which caused maintaining issues with plumbing. There were other problems with replacing a furnace, Taylor said, during which the furnace couldn’t be immobilized and the building was without heat for a week. It took longer to substitute for because initially the wrong furnace was brought in.
For gas and diesel, bids were comprehend from MFA Oil, which offered 10 cents above rack price — which is essentially wholesale toll, McMillan explained — per gallon of unleaded and diesel and purchases with a gas carte de visite.
It is part of ongoing struggle over plans by the city of Millersville to put a large propane storage dexterity on property close to neighborhoods in Goodlettsville.
The city of Goodlettsville formally delivered a idea to city leaders in Millersville that states "…the proposed propane circulation facility ... represents undue an unnecessary risks to their actual and property safety."
It goes on to urge Millersville to disallow the alacrity.
Concerned residents have gone door-to-door collecting signatures for a supplication to stop the project.
They worry about an explosion or a leak, which is something correspond to to what happened in California last month.
A propane tank caught fire forcing the evacuation of 4,000 homes.
There are some 500 homes in a to hand Goodlettsville subdivision and those who live there worry about the evacuation radius.
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We are buying a new (for us) home that is currently ran w/ propane heat, in southwest MI. There is natural gas that is ran down the road, so we plan to switch to natural gas. I tried calling Consumers Energy to get some info on costs, they wont even give me an idea, instead they want to charge me to have a “gas specialist” come out to give me a quote. The house it about 100′ from the road. The stove and hot water heater are ran from propane. Any idea of the costs to switch everything over? I know that if we switch to a high efficiency furnace, there is a tax credit, but $ is already tight w/ other projects. Do you feel the high efficiency pays for itself? If so, how long does it take?
you’re going from small orifices to large – Gas is a mix with air, lp is all fuel. The big cost is the fixed supply line. I can’t see you recouping the dig/install cost for a long time. You can time your lp deliveries or just pay them monthly. you could also add a wood or pellet stove to cover you on really cold events.
I researched propane vs. natural gas just over a year ago as part of our conversion from electric heat and hot water. Propane is 3.0 to 3.5 times the cost of natural gas, at least in Oregon, for an equivalent amount of heat. Also, a propane tank is typically owned by the propane company and customers have the honor of renting it, usually with no option to buy—and little incentive, as well as other aggravations like propane companies insisting on yearly customer contracts.
Propane is produced as a byproduct from natural gas in some areas and from crude oil refining in others. There is no practical way to produce propane independently, so its supply can be tight at times. These facts cause the price of propane to track that of crude oil or natural gas.
The big question for you is the cost of installation of 100+ feet of line and adapting it to your supply system. If you have clay or nice loam soil, a Hole Hog (a sideways pneumatic hole digger) can probably do it in one or two shots, a relatively inexpensive proposition. This could be several thousand dollars if you paid for it yourself, but gas companies often are motivated to gain another customer, so they might reduce or even waive the installation in return for assurance of a year or two of usage. Your break even time then depends on the differential between propane and natural gas expense.
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Victims of deadly West Virginia propane gas explosion remembered at memorial The victims of a nocuous propane gas explosion five years ago in Raleigh County were remembered at a reminder this weekend. The Register-Herald (http://bit.ly/zSYcH4) said the work Saturday was attended by emergency personnel, family members and and more » |
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Propane, a bridge to gas: Obtaining 'wasted' product from Slope could be the key Propane, a bond to gas: Obtaining 'wasted' product from Sink could be the keyby Ross Adkins Harold Heinze, the departing CEO of the Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority, says that there is an overflow of propane on the North Slope readily available for use. Additionally, the Alaska Oil and Gas Safe keeping Commission and more » |
