'It's (Gonna Be) a Long Cold Lonely Winter...'

Apologies to George Harrison for this post's headline, but apparently last year's brutal oil bills were just an opening act. At $4.70 per gallon (up significantly from the '07 average of $2.59), now may be the time to switch to gas heat. This is from today's Boston Globe:

"Just how dire the situation will become is hard to predict, though many in the oil industry say the home heating oil-dependent region is on the brink of a crisis - if not already in one. New England is much more dependent on oil heat than the rest of the country. About 8 million US households use oil heat, with Massachusetts alone accounting for nearly 1 million of those homes." Read more...

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