I think the political/import aspect isn't very important. I suspect we'll run out of both fuels at about the same rate, and I don't place much value on where it comes from; it all shakes out into the price.
The distribution infrastructure is a real issue, though. My mom's house has a gas-fired furnace and hot water heater, but they're way out in the sticks, so they have to get deliveries of gas, just like they would of oil. The tank is outside instead of in the basement. If you're looking at relatively far-out places you may find that there isn't natural gas infrastructure, so switching from oil to gas just means a different set of people to call to deliver fuel.
But I think this should be about the 20th-most-important thing on your list. I'd consider the way the heat is distributed within the house (hot water baseboard, hot water radiator, steam radiator, forced hot air) to be more important than the heat source.
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Date: 2009-09-22 03:25 pm (UTC)The distribution infrastructure is a real issue, though. My mom's house has a gas-fired furnace and hot water heater, but they're way out in the sticks, so they have to get deliveries of gas, just like they would of oil. The tank is outside instead of in the basement. If you're looking at relatively far-out places you may find that there isn't natural gas infrastructure, so switching from oil to gas just means a different set of people to call to deliver fuel.
But I think this should be about the 20th-most-important thing on your list. I'd consider the way the heat is distributed within the house (hot water baseboard, hot water radiator, steam radiator, forced hot air) to be more important than the heat source.