Piffle. Heating oil stocks are very high, and there are already programs to get heating oil to the needy.
I've heard all the arguments about democrats keeping a refinery out of the Northeast but that's just oil company/administration spin.
Piffle again. It isn't about local refineries. Oil products can be and are shipped from one side of the country to the other, and one side of the world to the other, when an order is placed. Lack of refineries will not affect the oil coming from Venezuela, for instance.
Home heating oil is nothing more than regular diesel oil, usually #2, though sometimes it has a different mix of additives. If you look at the price at your local gas station, you will see that the cost is higher than gasoline there, as well.
" Piffle. Heating oil stocks are very high, and there are already programs to get heating oil to the needy."
Stocks are down from last year and the programs to get oil to the poor are virtually all run by the states with federal funds on a voucher system. The amount of money available this year is exactly what it was last year when the price of home heating oil was substantially lower than it is now.
"Piffle again. It isn't about local refineries. Oil products can be and are shipped from one side of the country to the other, and one side of the world to the other, when an order is placed. Lack of refineries will not affect the oil coming from Venezuela, for instance."
Precisely, but the oil companies/administration line is that the problem in this country lies in a lack of refining capacity, not crude supply.
"Home heating oil is nothing more than regular diesel oil, usually #2, though sometimes it has a different mix of additives. If you look at the price at your local gas station, you will see that the cost is higher than gasoline there, as well."
Over the road diesel is taxed just like gasoline. Home heating oil isn't.