There's always wool sweaters, Thermolite jackets, electric sherpa throws. And don't forget the Snuggie®. Don't fret, but look upon it as a challenge, man against nature!
Posted on 10/25/2022 2:56:26 PM PDT by cp124
As Maine retail heating oil prices surge to $5.43 per gallon and some market analysts predict rationing, Maine’s oil dealers say Gov. Janet Mills could ease pressure on Maine families this winter by issuing a waiver to allow them to import and sell non-low sulphur products, which have been banned in Maine since July 2018.
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Meh. Freeze in the dark. It’s what they voted for.
Mills is pretty nasty.
Filled my tank last week (just outside of Bangor) @ $5.00/gallon. Fox News had a story about this on this morning’s show. Apparently, the heating oil in reserve for the winter is already at 1/3 of it’s usual levels. It’s going to be a very long winter for many this year. :(
That is pretty lame that the only way they can see themselves out of this predicament is to sell inferior oil. Somehow, we didn’t have this problem under Trump, and that was with strict requirements for low-sulfur oil.
With out of control man made Global Warming threatening spontaneous combustion on a planetary scale, why do they need “heating oil” ???
This is how play-to-pay corruption begins and getting people hooked on subsidies. I bet the Somalis living in Maine will get rebates on heating oil, for example. Then other voters for Dems. And if Republicans oppose this, why they want people to freeze in the dark.
I recall paying $1.00 per gallon back in the mid-1970s. With inflation, that would be around $6.00 per gallon today. I can’t imagine how I survived. I think it was because my wife and I prioritized things like heating, food, shelter, etc., and just did without the extras. Still, there is NO reason why prices should be that high, and we all know why they are.
Might as well just go out and kill themselves quickly so as to avoid the slow agonizing global warming death. I’d donate $100 of rope.
It's not inferior.
It's just not "Green oil" - which the Greens are plotting to get rid of anyway.
when the fuel oil runs out so does the diesel...
then regardless of how you heat the SHTF.
Heating oil is very similar to diesel, and we’ve shipped most of our diesel to Europe since they’re having a tantrum over buying Russian oil.
...so the people of Maine pay the price.
I resided in Maine for almost a decade,ended buying a home for short money way up in Brownsville Junction. Oil at the time was approaching 5.00$ a gallon then! I immediately replaced the forced hot air system from oil and put in a coal burning furnace and tied it in and put a standing bulkhead with a coal chute...we had winters with -0 degrees very common and until I got the system dialed in we had window’s cracked to let out some of the heat. granted there are quite a few moonbat’s in Maine but all in all if you can deal with the cold it has all you need . Great soil , pure water and game everywhere...wood is abundant just a little elbow grease is needed. Burn coal and save a lot of money ...I did.
I think higher sulfur oil is inferior. It certainly is for kerosene.
There's always wool sweaters, Thermolite jackets, electric sherpa throws. And don't forget the Snuggie®. Don't fret, but look upon it as a challenge, man against nature!
Nope.. I forget who, Obama? maybe Clinton? changed the sulfur levels in diesel fuel.. the higher sulfur is what older diesels were actually made to run on. I run additives (like lead replacement type stuff only for diesels).. low sulfur diesel is very dry and doesn’t lube injections pumps well.
Perhaps - but there's a Green fly in the ointment.
The low sulfur formulations are required to have biodiesel in them - around 7 percent, if I recall correctly.
I used to spot-heat with a kerosene heater before the low-sulfur formulations were mandated.
When they switched over, I had trouble running my heater like I did before, and I couldn't figure out why.
My portable heater kept eating $15 wicks [including the nastiness of changing the wicks].
Then I found out about the french-fry oil mandate.
The biodiesel was attracting moisture and ruining the wicks prematurely.
That same winter, my buddies were logging an 80, and it got real cold.
They were having trouble with their low-sulfur diesel gelling and making it hard to start the machines.
I told them about the biodiesel, later.
PS: In between the price of kerosene and the wick-eating, I no longer run my portable heater.
It is no longer convenient and low-cost [I did it for 4 winters, at 1.50 a gallon for K1].
See also my post #17
Thank you for that detailed reply. It is more than sulfur content, perhaps.
I have never used kerosene, to my knowledge, that would contain bio-fuels in my heaters. I believe that, exactly as you say, it would plug a wick in no time.
I have also never enjoyed such a low price for kerosene, as you describe. But, what I have bought has been mostly under Trump, so I am at comparatively good pricing.
It is also not clear from what is written that the relaxation of restrictions is going to “open the floodgates” of availability. I rather doubt it, as the current low availability is a design feature of our illegal administration.
More info. on “ULSD”: (less lubricity, attracts water, corrosion, etc.):
https://axi-international.com/ultra-low-sulfur-diesel-ulsd/
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