Group: sci.energy
From: clams_casino
Date: Sunday, February 17, 2008 9:56 AM
Subject: Re: How many therms (natural gas) do you use per day (per month)?

Donna Ohl, Grady Volunteer Coordinator wrote:

>On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 14:14:46 -0800, Anthony Matonak wrote:
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>>I'm only one person but I average about 5 therms a month.
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>Wow. 5 therms a month is extremely low, it seems to me.
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>The US Department of Energy assumes the "average" houshold uses a bit less
>than 1/2 a therm a day *just* for the water heater alone!
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>43,302 kJ/day = 41,045 Btu/day = therm/day
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>That would be 15 therms a month just for hot water for the average
>household in America. I wonder if Europe uses the same amount?
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We used 30 therms in both July / Aug (hot water & furnace pilot) - US.