From: "Edwin Pawlowski" 
Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house alt.home.repair
Subject: Re: Oil to Natural Gas Conversion Costs
Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2006 14:59:01 GMT


"Pete C."  wrote in message
> Anyone looking at the complete picture:
>
> Oil *is* safer than gas.
>
Where can I fins statistics on this?


> Oil *is* more reliable than gas (on site fuel).

Bull Shit.  I've run out of oil, I've NEVER run out of gas.  When power goes 
out, oil is useless but if you have a gas stove, you can use the burners to 
cook.  I've never experinenced a gas outage in 60 years.



>
> Oil *is* more competitive than gas (multiple suppliers).

Sure, you have Exxon, BP, Shell.  Wow, what a great selection.  Do the local 
dealers vary in price by more than a penny or two?  Nope, they don't.  One 
huge cartel.

>
> Oil does *not* have service charges when you aren't using it.

If you cook with gas, you use it all the time. Same with hot water.   Not 
much of an agrument there.


>
> Oil equipment *does* on average have a much longer service life than gas
> equipment.

Really?  I've not seen any big difference.  Gas burners are pretty much 
maintenance free.  Once in a while a thermocouple or valve will need 
replacing, sort of like an oil burner that needs a new motor, pump or nozzle 
at time.  Mechanical things break.  In all my years of gas service, I"ve 
only had two, maybe three service calls, but with oil, I must have $125 
service and cleaning every year.

Do you happen to have ties to an oil dealer?