Heating oil, which is chemically similar to diesel, is primarily used in New York, Pennsylvania and New England
* Heating oil stockpiles in New England are a currently third of normal levels
* Wholesalers have begun rationing to prevent panic buying and hoarding
* Heating oil, which is similar to diesel, is used widely in New England
* Energy Department says heating oil prices will be 27% higher this winter
Heating oil suppliers in the Northeast and New England have begun rationing the key fuel ahead of winter, after stockpiles dropped to a third of their normal levels.
Concerns are rising that supply shortages and soaring prices will leave families in the cold this winter, particularly in New England, which is more reliant on heating oil than other parts of the country.
Chris Herb, president of the Connecticut Energy Marketers Association, told Bloomberg recently that heating oil wholesalers are beginning to limit allocations for retail suppliers.
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WNU Editor: I live in Montreal, and the price for heating oil here is $2.30 Cad/liter, or around $6.7 USD/gallon
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5 comments:
Whales are starting to look over their shoulders.
I kid.
They don’t want to get caught with the wrong foot forward.
A few generations ago many people would consider today's indoor temps in winter in some parts of the country a luxury beyond imagination.
What never gets factored into scare articles is that people adapt. That’s why I don’t worry about global warming/climate change. We’ll figure a way to deal with it. Why, if the seas continue to rise, in four hundred years I’ll have beachfront property. I’ll be rich!
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