You can rest easy knowing you can rely on heating oil and propane to deliver great value while standing tall as two of the cleanest, safest, and most efficient home energy fuels—now and in the future.
The Power of Oil Heat
Heating oil generates nearly 140,000 Btu of heat for every gallon burned and warms a home evenly and efficiently. That’s more Btu power than 100 cubic feet of natural gas and 10 kWh of electricity combined!
This is because the flame in a heating oil system burns much hotter than many other energy systems, producing more heat and hotter air or water. So, when the outdoor temperatures are below freezing, that powerful heat output can help keep your home as cozy as ever.
Technology has also brought great improvements in heating oil equipment efficiency, which has increased equipment efficiency by 20% or more. This has saved heating oil consumers a lot of money on fuel. Plus, we are now seeing more super high-efficiency systems become available with efficiency levels of 90% or more!
Reasons Why Propane Is Safe
Here are just 4 reasons why propane is such a safe fuel:
- Propane leaks are easy to detect due to their strong rotten egg odor. (The smell is due to the ethyl mercaptan that manufacturers add to the naturally odorless gas.) If you detect this odor, be sure to follow proper safety protocols.
- The propane industry is regulated by strict federal compliance codes, along with numerous state and municipal fire and safety codes.
- Propane will not ignite until the air reaches 940°F. Propane has the lowest flammability range of any home heating fuel (2.4–9.5%). There must be a very specific combination of propane and oxygen for propane to burn.
- If liquid propane ever leaks, it vaporizes into the air, leaving no mess and no toxic burden on the environment. Propane cannot contaminate water or soil.
Why Our Heating Oil Burns Cleaner
There are good reasons we only deliver Ultra Heat Premium Home Heating Oil to you. This enhanced fuel has a technically superior additive that helps prevent the formation of sludge, water, and age in your heating oil storage tank.
Our customers benefit because sediment remains near nozzles, screens, and electrodes stay clean. This makes your furnace or boiler burn heating oil more efficiently, lowering your fuel bills and reducing the need for repairs.
Best of all, our superior Ultra Heat Premium Home Heating Oil doesn’t cost you more than “ordinary” heating oil!
Will We Run Out of Electricity?
We all know that electricity is vital to our lives. But these days, our country needs a lot more of it, partly because of the government’s push to expand the use of electric vehicles and electric heat pumps. But that’s not all.
The International Energy Agency projects that demand from the approximately 8,000 global data centers—one of which is in the U.S.—will increase by 40% from 2022 to 2026. The primary reason for this is the explosive growth of artificial intelligence (AI), which uses its strength from thousands of computers across servers around the world. AI would consume a much higher percentage of energy than data centers in the pre-AI days.
Right now, many communities are worried about the higher demand for new data centers going up in their regions. This is because they believe their taxpayers may get stuck with the cost of adding more power.
None of this is good news for Mother Earth either. Despite progress in the use of renewable energy sources, about 60% of electric power generation remains under the scorching coal dioxide (CO2) emissions we find with coal.
This is bad news for our fragile electric grid, which could leave us vulnerable to massive power outages if we don’t invest in a smarter energy plan.
To us, this includes maintaining the importance of including Bioheat® fuel, clean-burning propane, and renewable propane as viable options for heating homes now and in the future.
How Efficient Are Propane Appliances?
Propane systems and appliances are some of the most energy-efficient on the market. As an example, today’s propane furnaces have heating efficiencies as high as 98.5%. Plus, just about all the fuel you burn is used to heat your home. That’s why propane furnaces consistently deliver air heated to 120°–140°F, even on cold winter nights.
Additionally, propane water heaters, which are twice as efficient as electric models, have about double the hot water recovery rates of electric units. Plus, propane heaters are more compact, saving you floor space while meeting your heating demands—using even less energy.
That’s just the tip of the iceberg for high-performance propane products. These include professional-quality propane ranges and ranges, dependable standby propane generators, propane gas fireplaces, propane outdoor products, and more.