Comparative home fuel prices per unit?

[Tuna]

Does anyone know of a resource giving current prices per 'unit' for the different fuels in domestic heating?

[robinhood21]

Sorry, but do not know of a site for cost per unit, but, below is a link to find the cheapest provider of such things.
Hope this helps.

www.uswitch.com/energy/index.asp?ref=anm_tim

[Marki]

They were on about this the other day on Sky ,, apparently gas is 3 to 4 times more expensive than Germany in England

[Smart Roadster]

Can't find a site for comparative costs of fuel but from college (a long time ago)
gas is cheapest
oil and LPG are about the same.
Coal is most expensive and a load of hassle
Wood can be free but is even more hassle

Domestic oil is a comodity so the price varies almost daily so very hard to pin down. I guess LPG is the same.

Electric for heating is a pain in the bum. Cheap with economy 7 but hard to control.

[Clairey]

Don't go to this company British Gas All companies are having to increase their prices. I work for a utiliy company, and we haven't put ours up yet but i imagine it won't be long. Uswitch is the best option as different companies prices differ depnding on where in the country you live.

[Tuna]

That's the problem - no-one can give me a useful answer. There are some people who make generic 'oil is cheaper than gas etc.' comparisons, but after the recent price changes, I'm not sure if these are still correct.

We want to choose a central heating system and could choose pretty much any fuel apart from natural gas (no local pipe). So it's not a question of cheapest supplier, but which fuel we should choose.

[sparkythecat]

Tuna said:

That's the problem - no-one can give me a useful answer. There are some people who make generic 'oil is cheaper than gas etc.' comparisons, but after the recent price changes, I'm not sure if these are still correct. We want to choose a central heating system and could choose pretty much any fuel apart from natural gas (no local pipe). So it's not a question of cheapest supplier, but which fuel we should choose.

AFIK the cost of tank hire and safety inspections mean that oil is generally much cheaper than LPG.