• M0oP0o@mander.xyz
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    21 hours ago

    Heating costs are getting really wild. I am shocked to see a lot of people and even business moving to burning wood just due to the costs. Like wood burning used to be many times more expensive then almost any other heating method.

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      21 hours ago

      TBF, my partner and I take all of our paperboard and spam mail up to their parents house every other weekend, and it provides enough fuel for their wood furnace to keep the house warm for a few days.

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        Here in Canada its getting real weird due to a mix of shit companies and carbon tax with heating. Like when its -40 it costs me about $750 per month in natural gas bills, but the “cost” of the gas itself is about $50 of the bill.

        The town I live in reduced the amount of heating gas used in town buildings by 40% but actually saw an increase in costs due to the way carbon tax works for municipalities (basically all costs no rebates). Its not good that pellet stoves (that are not good for the environment) have become cost effective just due to a lack of regulation. Waste oil is also now a commodity (used motor oil) for heating, even though its like wood burning something that I thought was a thing of the past.