As winter heating bills loom, and area resident scramble to find ways to
save money while keeping their houses warm. A quick look at heating costs
shows that wood is the most cost effective heating method. Firewood costs on
average about 133 a cord, and while most wood furnaces only have a heating
efficiency of 50 percent, the cost for 1 million BTU is only 11 dollars,
compared with 17 dollars for fuel oil, and 17.65 for natural gas.

Electric is also cheaper than oil, propane, and natural gas this winter,
with 1 million BTU costing 25.81.