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Old 06-01-2016, 04:20 PM   #1305
xoxoxoBruce
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Originally Posted by glatt View Post
West Virginia: 1 ton of coal.

That sounded totally wrong. Trucks would deliver that much coal to a house to heat it for a winter. So I Googled it, and 1 ton of coal is about $40.
Even in West Virginia, a house is worth more than $40.
Yeah that sounds flakey.
That said, I don't think a ton of coal will last the winter. It has the same BTUs as about 114 gallons of heating oil, 16 million.
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