[TheForge] Coal prices

[debmiller at fuse.net]

Using 13,000 btu per lb. that's $15 per mmbtu
Natural gas is selling for something like $8 per mmbtu currently on the spot market, or as high as $12 per mmbtu for homes. 

That would add up...............


---- Bob Ehrenberger <eforge at centurytel.net> wrote: 
> I usually get coal a couple tons at a time and it lasts me about a year and
> a half.
> I'm getting ready to get some more and hope that there isn't going to be a
> big sticker shock from the May 04 price.
> 
> In the positive side BAM restocked a few months ago and the price was only
> slightlly higher than before.  The price to members has gone from $7/50# in
> 95 to $10/50# now.  Most of the increase is transpertation costs.
> 
> Robert Ehrenberger
> Shelbyville, Mo.
> eforge at centurytel.net
> 
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