Winter will soon be upon us, bringing with it the most dreaded of arrivals… those winter heating bills. Here in the northeast, oil is one of the most popular forms of heating. But the cost of heating oil is at a perilous level for many homeowners. The prospects of a winter with $3 per gallon heating oil sends a chill up the spine. Because the vast majority of heating oil is imported, America is sending its hard earned heating dollars overseas.

It doesn’t have to be that way.

In some parts of the country, an innovative blended heating oil is available that mixes domestically produced biodiesel fuel with conventional heating oil. In some areas, the “bioheat” is available from a range of heating oil services. But in other places, sadly, it can be extremely hard to find.

Bioheat fuel uses a percentage of soybean-based oil, most often from 5 to 20 percent, and can require little or no modification to an existing heating system. While bio heating oil may cost a bit more than conventional heating oil, we’re already paying an insane cost to heat our homes… it’s just a few more drops in the bucket.

Yours truly lives in a state where bioheat is rare… even though there’s a new plant that cranks out the stuff. I’ve made it my mission to find and test bioheat in my home heating system, by hook or by crook.

List of Companies Offering Bioheat

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