Comments on: What’s the Big Freeze Going to Cost You?

By: MyLifeROI

MyLifeROI — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:31:01 +0000

@Kyle C.,

Ouch. The joys of home ownership — a bigger space to heat and cool! :)

I’ve been bundled up this winter. It’s been brutal. And more snow to come. Oh happy day.

By: Financial Samurai

Financial Samurai — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 04:47:48 +0000

I got a $221 utility bill, double to 1.5X that during the summer, so I feel y’all’s pain.

It’s 47-60 degrees here in SF, which is pretty chilly for us.
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By: Kosmo @ The Casual Observer

Kosmo @ The Casual Observer — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:06:38 +0000

“As you can see, running a portable heater can use just as much energy as running your furnace fan.”

I’m not an expert on this, but isn’t the furnace fan just one component of the energy used by the furnace? For example, my furnace also has the cost of the natural gas. So this doesn’t seem like an apples-to-apples comparison.

Our utility bill (gas + electric) tops out in the low $200s. My wife thinks this is crazy high, although it’s quite reasonable when compared to everyone else in the area :)
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By: David/Yourfinances101

David/Yourfinances101 — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:25:11 +0000

A healthy diet can overcome the medical costs, and warm clothing can overcome the heating bills.

My point is that sometimes you can invest in one are of your life to impact several others.
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By: Kyle C.

Kyle C. — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:09:34 +0000

I would say the big freeze is going to cost me a $350 Heating bill and 1 tank of gas from warming the car. I about fainted when I opened my heating bill this month it was frickin ridiculous. At least I half expected it since temperatures were 20 degrees below normal.
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