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Old 2023-02-17, 10:42am
kevingreenbmx kevingreenbmx is offline
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Default Cost/Benefit Comparison of Natural gas vs. Propane

Have any of you ever dug into the cost/benefit of getting a torch booster and switching to piped Natural Gas? Is the right way to compare costs on a $/BTU basis? I'm paying $17.33 for 20 lb. propane refills, which I believe works out to $50.05 per Million BTU. Looking at my natural gas usage and delivery rates, I am paying about $0.7325/CCF for natural gas, which I believe works out to $7.06 per million BTU.

Am I looking at this the right way? Will my fuel costs really be 14% of what I'm pay now if I get a torch booster and run on Natural gas? (I know I'm not accounting for the electrical energy for running the booster, but I'm trying to get a ballpark idea. I'm also looking at oxygen systems separately)

Thanks!
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