Not all the objections issue from grief and anger. Another heir of Wiesel, or at least of the long-term quarrel over Job, is the translator Stephen Mitchell. In his popular rendering of the Book of Job, the hero, again, does not submit.
Conventional House. Letâs start with your conventional house heated with an oil-fired central heating system. The average annual heating cost is $2,491! 1  The average New England home uses 855 gallons of oil a year for heat.# 2 2 Heating Oil has a net heating value of 115,000 BTUs per gallon, and generates 98.3 M BTUs.3  In 2010, the average price of a gallon of heating oil was $2.91.he average annual heating cost is $2,491! 1  The average New England home uses 855 gallons of oil a year for heat. # 2 2 Heating Oil has a net heating value of 115,000 BTUs per gallon, and generates 98.3 M BTUs.
Actually, oil is a little more. Based on the current price of natural gas, a break-even price for heating oil is around $2.20 per gallon. (See this PSE&G Web site for a handy conversion table.) Today heating oil is close to $2.50, so it's a bit more expensive.Sure, we'd pocket some money if we converted to gas.t today's prices for heating oil and natural gas, we wouldn't even begin to see a return on our investment for about 10 years. For one thing, today oil and gas are roughly the equivalent price for the same amount of heat value.