Having heating systems inside the house is already a necessity, especially for places like New Jersey which experience cold snowy days in the winter. The biggest problem with home heating, however, is the cost that accompanies it, especially when you’re still using an oil-fired furnace. According to Bloomberg.com writer Carl Pope, oil prices have gone sky high, and a $30 barrel back in 2004 would now cost more than $100.
As an alternative to oil, Pope suggests natural gas and writes,
Meanwhile, the price of natural gas has plummeted. The tight shale gas boom in the U.S. has caused the domestic price of gas to drop to less than $4 per million cubic feet today from $10 per million cubic feet in 2010. Continue Reading