RSSThat’s It. We’re Switching to Candles.
I just received our electric bill in the email. The most it has ever cost was $135. This is just crazy:
We’ve even kept the thermostat at a brisk 66-68°F. Our townhouse has three levels that need to be heated, but it’s fairly skinny in width. I’m wondering how much people with larger (or poorly insulated) places are having to pay. And what about those on a fixed income? Or living paycheck-to-paycheck? Or worse?
What’s your bill for this month?
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I just found this site, as a friend linked me to the Alito as Angel of Death article (lol), but I know our bill is going to be absurd. Poor insulation in our apartment.
That’s odd. I never got above $120 in the winter in those apartments and I’ll bet I used way more energy than you did. Seal up your windows and knit a door cozy. Currently I’m only paying about $85 a month in electric. But holy shit, the gas bill.
What’s your gas bill?
Hell, I think I’m going to knit up a door cozy. I know what I’m doing this weekend!
We’ve found some drafty windows, and noticed the weatherstripping on our door had fallen apart. The landlord tacitly refused to do anything about it (no, they didn’t say ‘no’, becuase that would be illegal — but they sure never did anything about it).
One of the roomies is a Canadian though, so he’s born with this understanding of how to patch things up so heat stays in the house. He’s saran-wrapped his window in his bedroom, and we now have this little rubbery flap thing over the bottom of the exterior door. Evidently you can get those at a hardware store for like $10 and they install with just a drill.
Drinking lots of hot tea helps, too. Or hot toddies.
Everyone I know has turned their heat down or even off. A friend of mine lives in a little house, 1.5 bedrooms, and their gas bill was $300. I just had the propane at my house filled, a 500 gallon tank, and it cost over $650, AND they just filled it up a month before. I sure don’t see any decrease in natural gas or gasoline prices any time soon.
We should start a door cozy knitalong. If you’re serious about knitting up a cozy, though, please call me and we can check my stash for bs yarn we can use. Call me.
One major problem lies with our front door, which has a mail slot in it. Maybe we’ll try to put some stripping around that, too.
My folks used to live about 8 minutes out of town and therefore had to use propane. I’m not sure how large the tank was, but I do remember them having to pay upwards of $800 a fill their last winter there. It was horrible for them. Talking to my mom, though, it doesn’t seem that their in-town electric and gas bills are any better this year.
I wish you and your friends warmth.