Using natural gas instead of heating oil to keep your home warm during the winter months has many benefits. The three main benefits are cost, convenience and environmental benefits.
Gas Furnace Installation Cost Vs. Energy Savings
A typical oil heated home can spend thousands of dollars each winter on their heating bills. Natural gas as a heat source is 30 to 50 percent less expensive than oil as a heating source. These numbers have been steady since 2002. On average, home heating cost with gas heat from October of 2009 to March of 2010 was $780, while heating with oil came at an average price of $1,900. Additionally, gas heat is expected to decrease by more than 10 percent. However, the price of heating oil is expected to increase to just over three percent. Within about five years, you can recoup the cost of paying for your natural gas furnace with your energy savings.
Convenience of Gas Furnaces
Homes that are heated by natural gas receive the natural gas as needed through built in gas lines. Unlike heating oil, which needs to be delivered by a truck to your home. If there is a severe storm, this could delay your heating oil delivery, literally leaving you in the cold.
Environmental Benefits of Gas Furnaces
As if cost and convenience were not enough, making the switch from heating with oil to heating with natural gas also benefits the environment. For starters, heating oil uses gasoline to be delivered to your home, natural gas does not. In addition, natural gas releases 23 percent less carbon dioxide into the atmosphere compared to heating oil.
With so many benefits to heating with a natural gas heating furnace, it is no wonder why so many consumers are making the switch.
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