[AT] Profane propane prices; was Fuel prices

[Al Jones]

We are due to have our tank filled this week and I dread it.  I kept track
of some of what we bought last year--got so depressed that I didn't keep
any records of what we were paying after December!  Anyway on Dec. 19, 2007
we bought 138.9 gallons and paid $359.26--you do the math!!  If it is that
much this coming week, I may call and tell them to come get the #@@#@# tank
and check into an electric heat pump......

We are living in my grandparents' old house-they  heated with a combo. of
heating oil and kerosene--had a large oil heater in the hallway and a
Ker-O-Sun space heater in the living room.  When my grandmother got too
feeble to deal with lighting her heaters my dad had central heat put in
with a gaspack.  I love the heat, but it COSTS.


Al


> [Original Message]
> From: carl gogol <cgogol at twcny.rr.com>
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Date: 12/7/2008 3:53:36 PM
> Subject: [AT] Profane propane prices; was Fuel prices
>
> I have used propane for the last 8 winters and have gotten depressed as 
> every year the NYMX (NY Mercantile Exchange) price for propane slowly
went 
> up.  This year in July it almost hit $2.00.  In August we were offered a 
> lock in price of $2.52 but they were delivering for that amount at the
time. 
> I decided to bet that the price would go down - and it has to less than 
> $0.70 on the NYMX since early November. I have noted over time that the 
> retail price has typically been about $1 over the NYMX price.
> Got a fillup in the middle of November and the bill said $2.70 - the
price 
> hadn't exceeded $2.52 before then.  I lost my cork and talked with the
owner 
> of the delivery company and told him my observation.  He said blah blah 
> blah - there is no propane infrastructure to speak of in NY - the NYMX 
> doesn't mean much and my company is price competitive.
> I think that it is a good thing we added a supplemental coal furnace this 
> fall, so I don't care as much - $220/ton for coal is almost the heat 
> equivalent of 500 gallons of propane.
> I am interested in hearing more info on propane price from others though.
> Carl Gogol - Manlius, NY
> Tasty grazing in the Oran valley of Central NY
> AC D14, 914H
> JD 5320 MFWD
> Kubota F-2400, B7300HST
> Simplicity 7116H
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bruce Fallon" <bfallon at whidbey.com>
>
> >I had my home propane tank filled by Cenex Skagit Co-op 2 weeks ago and
the
> > price was $1.79 a gallon. It took 191 gallons to fill the 500 gallon
tank.
> >
> > Depends on the amount and your account also I had 100 gallons put in at
my
> > old house just to maintain the home and it was $2.29 because it was not
on
> > auto fill and only partial tank load I have a 500 gallon tank there
also.
> >
> > Bruce Fallon
> > Langley,WA 98260
> > bfallon at whidbey.com
> > 
>
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