Why heating oil?
Home heating oil has many benefits over other forms of energy, like electricity and natural gas. It’s energy-efficient, environmentally friendly, more cost effective and safer.
Heating oil will save you money
- Homeowners have a choice of heating oil suppliers, not just one company that can charge their own rates
- Oil furnaces can be upgraded easily and economically
- Heating oil prices are market driven – they go up and down, not just up
Heating oil is more environmentally friendly than other energy options
- Oil burns clean than natural gas by releasing fewer hydrocarbons into the atmosphere
Heating oil is a safer alternative
- Oil will not explode
- Oil will only burn if heated to 140 degrees
- Natural gas furnaces can malfunction and release carbon monoxide gas before any smoke is released, leaving your family vulnerable
- Oil furnaces will smoke before any harmful toxins are released into the air, giving your family time to leave the house and call for help
Heating oil is more efficient
- The department of ecological studies show that oil heats 16% more efficient than natural gas
- Oil burns 400 degrees hotter than natural gas
- Oil has faster recovery than any other type of heat