Firewood for Home Heating

Publication Number 420-003, posted July 1997

Fuel/Heater	Cost Equivalent to Cord of Firewood
natural gas/furnace	59.91
no. 2 fuel oil/furnace	89.69
baseboard electric	164.77
propane/furnace	130.86
standard heat pump	74.89
high-efficiency heat pump	68.66
geothermal heat pump	54.92

Assumes a standard cord of air-dried mixed red and white oak firewood. Costs and heat values are in Table 3.

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