There is an excellent heating fuel comparison calculator at:
http://www.eia.doe.gov/neic/experts/heatcalc.xls
It's an Excel spreadsheet that allows you to compare all heating fuels, coal, natural gas, propane, oil, wood, heat pumps etc. You customize your fuel cost and equipment efficiency to your situation. I used it to predict my coal usage based on years of fuel oil records. It can be downloaded and saved.
Be sure to look at the other sheets of the spreadsheet, it has instructions and definitions of the various terms. Even has a geography input. Very complete.
((The above was posted to site I read. It is located at:
http://www.nepadigital.com/bb/forum-74.html
I picked up eight tons of free coal from leads on Craigslist. I also scored three coal stoves for a total of $50. One is brand new and never used. The learning curve on coal burning was shortened considerably by reading that forum. Coal is far and away the cheapest home heating fuel. Even the most expensive coal (PA antracite) will be half the cost of any other purchased fuel. The more widely available bituminus is cheaper still.))
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