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We live in Maine.

Maine winters are long.

And though we’re having a freakishly warm day today, they’re calling for snow this weekend.

I was hoping to eek by until spring and not order oil for our furnace but the energy sucking bastard demanded more… and man. This time it hurt.

A week ago Sunday I checked the price for our area and it was $3.55 a gallon. Purchasing 400 gallons, which doesn’t fill the tanks, would have cost $1,420. But when I called Monday… thanks to the strike on Iran… the price had risen to $4.19 and because of Middle East unrest the company wouldn’t guarantee the quote for Thursday delivery.

On Thursday, the price had risen to $4.61… an increase of $1.06 a gallon in four days… with me writing a check for $1,844.

$424 more, just like that.

Ouch.

Last night I checked prices again and saw some companies are almost $5.

Damn.

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