{"id":3945,"date":"2022-05-23T21:57:51","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T21:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.woodpellets.com\/blog\/?p=3945"},"modified":"2022-05-23T22:23:31","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T22:23:31","slug":"oil-vs-pellet-fuel-comparison-shows-wood-pellets-as-clear-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodpellets.com\/blog\/2022\/05\/23\/oil-vs-pellet-fuel-comparison-shows-wood-pellets-as-clear-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"Oil vs. Pellet Fuel Comparison Shows Wood Pellets as Clear Winner"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/woodpellets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/OILVSPELLETS-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"330\" src=\"https:\/\/woodpellets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/OILVSPELLETS-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3958\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Daily Fuel Cost Comparison<\/strong><br><em>(Average Cost per Unit) x (Number of Units per Season) \/ 182<\/em><br><br>Oil =\u00a0<strong>$18.45\/day<\/strong><br>Pellets =\u00a0<strong>$6.92\/day\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Based on data from the 2021\/22 heating season, choosing pellets over oil would save you over $2,000!<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>Cost Comparison by Heat Output<\/strong><br><em>(Fuel Cost per Unit) \/ (Heat Content per Unit) x 1,000,000<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oil =\u00a0<strong>$27\u00a0<\/strong>per million BTUs<br>Pellets =\u00a0<strong>$18\u00a0<\/strong>per million BTUs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>All calculations are based on the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Oil has\u00a0<strong>138,500 BTUs per gallon\u00a0<\/strong>at an average of\u00a0<strong>$3.69\/gallon\u00a0<\/strong>with an average use of\u00a0<strong>910 gallons<\/strong>\u00a0in a heating season<\/li><li>Pellets have\u00a0<strong>17,200,000 BTUs per ton<\/strong>\u00a0at an average of\u00a0<strong>$315\/ton\u00a0<\/strong>with an average use of<strong>\u00a04 tons<\/strong>\u00a0in a heating season<\/li><li>There are 182 days in a heating season<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Sources:\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eia.gov%2Ftools%2Ffaqs%2Ffaq.php%3Fid%3D987%26t%3D7&amp;data=05%7C01%7Crcornell%40lignetics.com%7C372d23660de64788d3fb08da3a76b78c%7C17a4ba44aa35407fae135e0d1c0f4442%7C1%7C0%7C637886578794795164%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Rng1Nu6rZvs20OzQDL40RS%2Ben4%2F02XSXQ2mfbZP82AU%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/tools\/faqs\/faq.php?id=987&amp;t=7<\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eia.gov%2Fenergyexplained%2Funits-and-calculators%2Fbritish-thermal-units.php&amp;data=05%7C01%7Crcornell%40lignetics.com%7C372d23660de64788d3fb08da3a76b78c%7C17a4ba44aa35407fae135e0d1c0f4442%7C1%7C0%7C637886578794795164%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=n2%2FcXLCfhsHLQlcm7xa6qEdMqra72CGWt5g%2BnvgQvhA%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/energyexplained\/units-and-calculators\/british-thermal-units.php<\/a><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eia.gov%2Fdnav%2Fpet%2Fpet_pri_wfr_a_EPD2F_PRS_dpgal_w.htm&amp;data=05%7C01%7Crcornell%40lignetics.com%7C372d23660de64788d3fb08da3a76b78c%7C17a4ba44aa35407fae135e0d1c0f4442%7C1%7C0%7C637886578794795164%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=7ZXDAtDaTdMN3%2BI7gUb2LGx%2BPbqoy1OZ%2BaVxiI6ASuI%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/dnav\/pet\/pet_pri_wfr_a_EPD2F_PRS_dpgal_w.htm<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daily Fuel Cost Comparison(Average Cost per Unit) x (Number of Units per Season) \/ 182 Oil =\u00a0$18.45\/dayPellets =\u00a0$6.92\/day\u00a0 Based on data from the 2021\/22 heating season, choosing pellets over oil would save you over $2,000! Cost Comparison by Heat Output(Fuel Cost per Unit) \/ (Heat Content per Unit) x 1,000,000 Oil =\u00a0$27\u00a0per million BTUsPellets =\u00a0$18\u00a0per [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4,9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodpellets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3945"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodpellets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodpellets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodpellets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodpellets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3945"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/woodpellets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3963,"href":"https:\/\/woodpellets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3945\/revisions\/3963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodpellets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodpellets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodpellets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}