Some facts you might want to check out, an AI boondoggle, and in the “wishing Denmark would do a VI buy back” department…
So the other day, our propane tank ran out of gas. For those unaware of the nature of such things, it ran out half way to making my first cup of coffee for the day.
Of course it did. It always runs out when making coffee in the morning. One might even conjecture that propane bottles take joy in making me grumpy in the morning.
Because of this sorry state-of-affairs, we use two 20-pound propane bottles so it only take a few minutes to change bottles and get the water boiling and coffee in the cup.
So, you might ask, “how long does a 20-pound propane bottle last us” and, as it happens, the bottle lasted 99 days.
Considering that we very seldom eat out that equals quite a bit of stove time as we use the stove at least twice a day. You might be interested that down here in the Caribbean we’re currently paying $24.24 for a twenty-pound refill of propane…
$24.24 ÷ 99 days = $0.2524242424242424
Let’s just call it 26¢ a day or somewhere around $93 a year.
When you think about it and do the math, propane is the least expensive galley fuel going and, while it can blow you and your boat to smithereens, one must treat it with some caution.
These days the (tragically?) hip are all keen to go with an all-electric cruising boat. Looking at the costs involved and the heinously painful amp-draw, electric galleys have a long way to go before they’ll replace propane as the go-to galley fuel for cruisers.
Of course, then there’s steam…
I dont know how much kerosin/parrafin is these days, but £12 of that lasted over 6 months. I spent more on meths to pre-heat over the same period. I like my Origo, but priced per-cup-of-tea, almost as expensive as throw away Gaz refills.
Ho, hope for a brighter 26.
I love my Origo but the price of alcohol is ridicules. We produce a huge quantity of ethanol in the US, but you can’t buy it because they are afraid people will drink it without paying tax.