Which is cheaper to heat natural gas, electric, coal, or oil?

Question

Which is cheaper to heat natural gas, electric, coal, or oil?

Answer 1

Coal

Answer 2

Probably now an electric heat pump is more cheap than coal...

Answer 3

Waste motor oils.Free .

Answer 4

None in all parts of the country they have different prices so it will depend on your area.Oil,natural gas and propane all are high engery costs.Electric is close behind.Coal is not practical as it like wood does not keep a constant heat.We no longer have cheap heating,only which ever you can afford.

Answer 5

oil is cheaper than gas (usually), electric or propane - very few people heat their homes with coal, and wood involves a lot of physical labor that most people aren't able or willing to do - - of course, wood's big in Maine, where there's not much else to do.

Answer 6

Coal depending on where you live

However in many places WOOD is actually the cheapest, especially wood pellets which can be burned in high tech ovens which are very efficient (90% efficiency).

Wood pellets are almost carbon neutral, will save you money and strengthen the local economy

Answer 7

This question is more complex than you think. Yes, the cost of buying X amount of calories of fuel can be calculated. You can then determine which will cost you less to purchase. However, that figure says nothing about the environmental cost incurred by extracting the fuel and transporting it to its point of use and the impact when you burn it. Coal may be the cheapest to buy, but the coal ash, full of toxic heavy metals, is a real problem of disposal. Also, coal burning sends mercury into the atmosphere where it gathers in things that we eat, thereby causing serious health impacts, especially on pregnant women and children, which have an unestimated cost.

Answer 8

Coal, definitely.

Answer 9

IN the us COAL is without question our most abundent and affordable energy.

Anyone who says otherwise, is just out of touch.