The amount of chemical energy released in burning heating oil is approximately 130 MJ per gallon. This is the amount of energy released as heat during combustion.
(a) Suppose that during the winter, heating a home with oil requires an average of 6 gal of oil per day. What is the average daily energy consumption in kWh? (You can find out how to construct the conversion factor for joules to kilowatt-hours in the posted note on units & conversions.)
(b) If the cost of heating oil is $3.00/gal, what is the daily cost to heat your home?
(c) Use the above results to express the cost of heating with oil in units of cents/kWh.