One BTU looks like any other when toted up in the government's energy accounts.
The oldest gas plants burn as much as 13, 000 Btu, and the national average is 10, 500.
Rejigger gas pumps so that they charge by the Btu, not by the gallon.
If you make money converting one form of energy to another, then convert, irrespective of BTU calculations.
Wall Street values the reserves of coal companies at 7 cents per million Btu of chemical energy.
To benefit from a potential downtrend from BTU, traders should look to the stock's June 46 put.
Elsewhere, though, short interest on BTU has ramped up considerably since the start of the summer.
Each Btu of oil is now worth about five times as much as each Btu of natural gas.
Finally, Zacks reports that 16 of the 21 analysts following BTU rate the shares a "buy" or better.
Sentiment is mixed on BTU, with its SOIR of 0.81 arriving near the mid-point of its annual range.
Watch China, its cycle of growth and colling off will impact BTU, FCX, VALE, BHP and many others.
Competitors include Alpha Natural Resources (ANR), Arch Coal (ACI) and Peabody Energy (BTU).
Options players have shown a stubborn preference for calls on BTU, as well.
Among the fundamental datapoints dividend investors should investigate to decide if they are bullish on BTU is its dividend history.
Fortunately, to cool one BTU, most cooling systems require only about one-third the power drawn by the device being cooled.
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Diesel packs more punch than gas about 147, 000 BTU per gallon for diesel versus 125, 000 BTU per gallon for gas.
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Fortunately, Jim Cramer agreed, at least in terms of Peadbody Energy (NYSE: BTU), a KOL constituent and the largest U.S. coal producer.
Tomorrow before the open we will see AK Steel (NYSE:AKS), US Steel (NYSE:X), Peabody Energy (NYSE:BTU), EMC Corp (NYSE:EMC), and JetBlue (NASDAQ:JBLU) among others.
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Consider that for every BTU of coal or natural gas burned in a combustion turbine only 35 percent of that is converted into useful power.
If BTU fails to overcome its 160-week trendline, it could put the stock in danger of a breach of support in the round-number 40 region.
First, the history: Back in 1993, President Clinton proposed a broad-based energy tax (called a BTU tax since it taxed energy content measured in British Thermal Units).
These core uses (what they refer to as direct water and steam services in the commercial, residential, industrial and power sectors) eat up 12.3 quadrillion BTU per year.
Among the largest underlying components of KOL, in trading today Joy Global Incorporated ( JOYG) is off about 4.3%, and Peabody Energy Corporation ( BTU) is lower by about 1.8%.
Among the largest underlying components of IYM, in trading today Newmont Mining Corporation ( NEM) is up about 0.8%, and Peabody Energy Corporation ( BTU) is up by about 1.4%.
Just as we have found new oil and gas in the ground, our ability to squeeze more GDP out of a BTU through efficiency is also undergoing a radical transformation.
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This has profound implications for equilibrium gas prices, including the idea that gas should sell for some fixed proportion to oil based on the Btu value of the two fuels.
Mr. Obama's agenda is far more liberal than Bill Clinton's was in 1992, and the Southern Democrats who killed Al Gore's BTU tax and modified liberal ambitions are long gone.
The coal produced in the region is ridiculously cheaper even if we consider its increasing price and lower energy output in terms of BTU per ton compared with Appalachia coal.
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Peabody Energy ( BTU - news - people ) may be a good candidate for a short position, or a bearish pairs trade option, within the sector.
According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, BTU makes up 7.08% of the Global Coal Portfolio ETF ( NASD: PKOL )which is trading relatively unchanged on the day Friday.
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