Massachusetts recently passed a law requiring home heating oil to contain 2% biofuel by July of 2010. Massachusetts is hoping to increase the percentage to 5% by 2013 if all goes well.
Many Massachusetts heating oil dealers are already mixing blends now to get a jump on it before 2010. These dealers aren’t complaining about it either. As a matter of fact, The Massachusetts Oilheat Council (350 dealers strong) is excited about this transition to the biofuels mixture that has been dubbed ‘BioHeat’.
The cost increase is minimal compared to what we’ve seen in recent years. It’s about a half of a cent per gallon. Can’t complain about that! Not to mention that the money saved due to cleaner burning fuel will reduce overall maintenance and cleaning costs.
The EPA hasn’t come out with an exact figure on the greenhouse gas emissions, nor can Massachusetts supply and blend the new biofuel with it’s current infrastructure but the seed has been planted and the wheels are turning. Will Massachusetts be ‘BioHeat’ ready by 2013?
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