Not all the objections issue from grief and anger. Another heir of Wiesel, or at least of the long-term quarrel over Job, is the translator Stephen Mitchell. In his popular rendering of the Book of Job, the hero, again, does not submit.
Conventional House. Letâs start with your conventional house heated with an oil-fired central heating system. The average annual heating cost is $2,491! 1  The average New England home uses 855 gallons of oil a year for heat.# 2 2 Heating Oil has a net heating value of 115,000 BTUs per gallon, and generates 98.3 M BTUs.3  In 2010, the average price of a gallon of heating oil was $2.91.he average annual heating cost is $2,491! 1  The average New England home uses 855 gallons of oil a year for heat. # 2 2 Heating Oil has a net heating value of 115,000 BTUs per gallon, and generates 98.3 M BTUs.
Despite their lower upfront costs, electric furnaces come with some of the highest operating costs of any central heating system. Plan to spend $35.76 per million British thermal units of heat energy generated using an electric furnace, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.A typical home in a mild climate zone may need around 50 million Btu per year, for an annual heating cost of $1,788 using an electric furnace. March 2013 article on NewsTribune.com estimates that an air-source heat pump costs $2,000 to $7,500 installed, and these units cost as little as one-fourth as much to operate as traditional heating systems, according to the DOE.