Heating Oil Burns More Cleanly Now, with Fewer Emissions

Heating oil is playing a leading role in the drive towards clean energy, thanks in part to vast reductions of sulfur levels.

As a result, heating oil burns more cleanly, with fewer emissions. You also benefit from better heating efficiency and easier maintenance, since ultra-low-sulfur oil leaves fewer deposits on heat exchangers.

Besides being clean-burning, heating oil also generates a very high number of Btu’s of heat energy per gallon, so it will warm your home reliably—and more evenly. Modern, efficient heating-oil systems in well-insulated homes can help homeowners achieve the same amount of warmth while using much less fuel!

And with ultra-low sulfur Bioheat® fuel in our future, heating oil will move closer and closer to becoming a carbon-neutral fuel.

Please visit our website to read more about how Bioheat fuel represents a bright future for heating oil consumers in the Great Lakes State.

A Remarkably Safe Fuel Too

Many people still have big misconceptions about not only the cleanliness of heating oil, but the safety of heating oil too. The truth is, heating oil has always been a remarkably safe fuel. People who understand this say that this is a big reason why they choose to stay with oilheat, as opposed to switching to another fuel.

Here are a few of the reasons why heating oil has been hailed as a remarkably safe fuel:

• it cannot burn in its liquid state. It takes an advanced high-tech burner to ignite the oil. Before combustion can occur, heating oil must first be vaporized by your oil burner at temperatures above 140°.
• it cannot explode. If you drop a lit match into a bucket of heating oil, the flame would go out just as if you dropped the match into water.
• it poses a very low risk of carbon monoxide poisoning. If an oil burner malfunctions (most often due to a lack of maintenance), the safety devices in the unit will typically shut the furnace or boiler off.
• heating oil storage tanks are now designed with corrosion-resistant materials. New technology allows for remote monitoring to protect against the rare event of a leak and guarantees that you will always have a sufficient supply of heating oil on hand.

You will be able to enhance heating oil safety even further by getting system maintenance done regularly. This will ensure that your boiler or furnace operates with optimum safety and efficiency.

Heating oil—still the best and safest way to heat your Michigan home! If you have any safety concerns or questions, please reach out to your local heating oil company.