MossRoad
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The simple answer is:Why are all these hypotheticals being introduced into a persons response?
The OP asked a simple question. What do YOU heat with and what is YOUR cost.
A person responds with a simple answer and it gets torn apart by others telling him his answer is wrong because he didn't include some hypothetical situation into his costs, which would make his real costs much higher.
Lets assume I heat with 10 cords of wood and state that my cost is $500 per year plus 100 hrs labor. So my cost is $500. WRONG! My real cost is much higher because I could have sold that 10 cords of wood for $2,500, so my real cost is $2,000. But wait, we forgot to include my time. I am a retired lawyer (not really) and I used to charge $400 hr for my time. So I could have gone back to work and made $40,000 in 100 hrs. Therefore my real cost is $42,000. Boy I did I ever get the answer wrong.
To my way of thinking, my real cost = my actual cost. Not some hypothetical cost.
Here is my answer: I heat with wood, burn about 5 - 6 cords a year and my cost is about $200.
Have at it.![]()
You could have made better use of your time for the dollar.
That's speaking purely from a kid raised by people that lived through the depression who had to take into account how every action either cost or made them money.
From an enjoyment and satisfaction point of view, you came out ahead.