This tells an important story

Minor quibbles:

1) I assume the CCF shown for Propane is a cut / paste error, and that the intended unit is gallons. In that case, the Btu value for a gallon of propane is closer to 92k Btu. A CCF of Propane would contain approx 250,000 Btu, but nobody buys the stuff that way as far as I know.

2) Unit for fuel for geo ought to read Kwh, not KW.

3) I was a bit confused by "electric parasetic effect", until I guessed that the factor represents an allowance for electricity used by propane or oil furnace. That would be a "parasitic" effect. Just to be certain, I Googled "parasetic" and an expanded version of that chart showed up on the first page...from Northeastgeo.

Minor issues aside, still a good chart.

Do you have an Excel version you can attach? I think it would be very useful for someone trying to figure out the figures based on the variable of what Gas, Oil, and electric costs in there local region, instead of ballpark figures.  

 

 

Go to northeastgeo / homeowners / operational cost modeling for the complete spreadsheet. You can input your own fuel unit costs and COP. You can also download the Excel and use it offline.

If your looking for an unbiased calculator that has regional (northeast) up-to-date information try this:
http://nhclimateaudit.org/calculators.php
It has fields that you can change for your local fuel prices and efficiency.

If your looking for a spreadsheet (that is a little more complicated) to run on your computer download this:
http://www.eia.doe.gov/neic/experts/heatcalc.xls

I used the nhclimateaudit site suggested by retiredeng to calculate my cost of heating here in RI. I just bought oil at $2.04/gal and I pay $.22/kwh for electricity. The result was 18.93/million btu for oil and $16.12 for geo. I am pretty certain that oil prices will eventually take off again and I love the idea of geo, but for now considering the high initial installation cost(about 50K for my home) and lack of qualified installers in my area I am going to keep watching and waiting.