On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 06:49:41 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:

Got the gas bill for December for the house...

More than twice as much as the corresponding month of 2003.

Incredible.

It's not likely to get significantly better in my opinion. This is a
good time to be thinking about solar and other alternative energy
strategies. I have a nice south facing roof that I'd love to cover
with photovoltaic panels but the system cost still needs to drop
another 30% or so to be competetive, or the price per KWH from the
grid needs to rise another 50%.

It will be interesting to see which happens first.