Home Heating Oil Industry Using Biodiesel to Revive and Reinvent Itself
by Mark Dorenkamp (Brownfield Ag News) The heating oil market is well established along the East Coast with approximately 6.2 million homes relying on it during the winter. But progressive states in that region are looking to move towards renewable fuels and have issued mandates in New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Bioheat is traditional home heating oil blended with biodiesel that Paul Lazzarro, National Biodiesel Board liaison, says makes sense on the eastern seaboard.
“(Bioheat) creates jobs, compliments domestic crude sources, strengthens energy security and the biggest (advantage) is that it’s available now. This is not reading a magazine asking when it’s going to be available on the market; it’s here now.” READ MORE includes AUDIO interview