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.
However, heating a home with a geothermal heat pump or a cold climate heat pump would be less expensive than using oil.At $4.67 a gallon for oil, it would cost the same to produce the same amount of heat using oil or electric baseboard heat.or example, a home that uses 800 gallons of oil for heating would use about 25,300 kilowatt-hours to produce the same amount of heat. Visit www.cmpco.com for a link to a more detailed spreadsheet from the Department of Energy to compare heating costs.