Home Heating with the American Fuel: Bioheat
Oil heat has long been a responsible environmental choice with very low emissions and an overall cleanliness approaching 99.9%. Now, it’s gotten even smarter!
Bioheat is “regular” heating oil blended with biodegradable, organic materials such as soybean oil. Renewable and non-toxic, Bioheat is not only kind to Mother Earth; it’s kind to home heating systems, too.
Bioheat Characteristics:
- Domestically produced, soy-based Bioheat can be grown at home, thus supporting our nation's farmers and reducing our dependence on foreign oil.
- It is extremely clean burning.
- It has the highest Btu content of any alternative fuel.
Bioheat Benefits for Homeowners:
- Bioheat produces the same satisfying heat as “regular” heating oil and costs just about the same.
- It lubricates your heating system.
- You don’t have to make any modifications to your burner or tank.
- You don’t have to buy any new equipment.
- You don't have to change your current oil heat budget plan, payment plan, service contract or warranties.
The next time you fill your heating oil tank, why not choose the American fuel? Testing conducted by the National Oilheat Research Alliance (NORA) found that a B20 Bioheat blend (20% biodiesel and 80% heating oil) reduced sulfur oxide emissions by as much as 80% or more. Nitrogen oxide emissions were lowered by about 20%. In addition, carbon dioxide emissions can be lowered by 20%.
If everyone using heating oil used a B5 blend (5% biodiesel and 95% heating oil), 400 million gallons of regular heating oil could be conserved. This would be a big step towards conserving oil and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Wondering what makes up Bioheat?
These every-day products of nature can be used to produce the alternative environment-friendly fuel:
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