ScotL
Feeling the Heat
Sounds like you need a new central heating system. A BTU is a BTU regardless of where it comes from. A ton of pellets at $340 is equivalent to about $3.05 oil. Of course if your distribution system sucks and your furnace/boiler is old anything can cost more.
The USDA Forest Products Laboratory has a fuel calculator at:
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which can calculate all those values for you. The Excel sheet is very nice.