The irony is I live where there is abundant natural "shallow" natural gas wells. Even have a gas leak/spring in the front of my dam and have it in my well water. Do you think we would have local gas lines to residences? Heck no. It is all piped off to suburbia and urban areas.

So I heat mostly with wood, and don't purchase enough propane to hit the magical "bulk" number. Every fall I have to shop and barter better prices, which I HATE doing, but always get screwed in the end.