Wood (cord wood) is the least expensive way to heat with here. My wood costs (Easy Boys! it is not for sale!) $200 / cord, cut, split and delivered, and last year fuel oil was approaching $4 / gallon. There is a comparator here that is not bad (not perfect but not bad):http://nepacrossroads.com/fuel-comparison-calculator.php
In addition to the above, I have an ancient boiler with horrific stand- by losses: I once figured it had an overall efficiency of around 28%.
The current plan is to change the boiler this year, and that coupled with much less expensive oil will narrow the difference between heating with cord wood and heating with oil but cord wood will still be less expensive.
Besides all that, burning stuff in the living room scratches both the 'cave man' as well as the pyromaniac itch that most of us seem to have. I know everytime I spark up a fire, way down in the brain stem there is a certain pride that sounds like 'Trog make fire!'. :-)
Brian
Brian, I like the idea of burning wood to heat your place.
I used to do it in Houston, and enjoyed it (Yes we have to do heating)
But isn't that many cords of wood,,, more expensive than other?
Ride safe, Ted