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Do you have any knowledge, information or experience regarding the various advantages and disadvantages of oil vs. propane vs. electric heating?

Asked by lillycoyote (24865points) June 17th, 2009

I’m building a small house (1000 sq ft.) and I need a heating system, of course. I’m not just necessarily interested in the cost to operate, and as volatile as fossil fuel prices are and probably will remain, it might be hard to predict the costs in the future but I am interested in initial costs to install the system, maintenance and repair, whether one is more clean burning given existing technology, etc. I have done some research on my own but there seems to be a lot of conflicting information out there. There are “boosters” for each system. Do any of you have any experience or any advice regarding one system over the other? The house is to be built in the mid-atlantic where we have four distinct seasons. It can get very cold in the winter but the house is relatively small. There is no natural gas hook up where I am building. I will need a propane hook up anyway because you would have to hold a gun to my head before I would cook on an electric range and I am leaning toward propane for the heating too, but I am hoping there are some of you out there with some real world experience.

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