Comments on: Northeast To Be Home Heating Oil Hell?

Soaring Prices Put Enormous Pressure On Consumers And The Companies That Deliver Oil

[ausus-2009]

andylance1,

Maybe you need a geography lesson. Maine is so far north there is little sun so when solar energy is needed most there is very little available. Solar energy generated in California would have huge line loss by the time it got to Maine. Wind power has some limited value, but it, too, would have to be converted to electric heating which will prove expensive. How do you generate electricity on a calm, foggy day?

AS to your insensitive let them freeze remark, dead people don''t vote.

[cbsfan73]

Has anyone considered installing electric baseboard heaters? That''s what I did...

[tedsgmc]

Part 2 (again)
As far as Maine is concerned they can freeze there @$$e$ off as far as I concered. I had lived in Maine for 3 years and it was a huge "waste" of time.People there(Mainers) are basically "inbreeds" of Canada.So I hope "Mainers" have a really "nice" and "hard" winter and they will eventally learn that oil from here supports the AMERICAN economy and not from Canada or some other "leftest" "communist" country!

[lochlan-2009]

It''s crazy to see what one administration can do to a country as great as the United States, long considered the greatest country in the world.

And, it seems, they don''t even have the burden of shame for what they have done.

It''s sickening and sad.

[tedsgmc]

Yes! I was wondering is Govenor Jodi Rell "planning" on some sort of "relief" for Connecticut residents this year for "heating expeses"? One suggestion would be to ALLOW Connecticut residents to deduct a certain percentage of the cost of there heating expenses off of there state income tax. The same idea could work in other northeast states as well.
To Connecticut residents suggest this to your senators,mayors,first selectmen this idea, or get "in touch" with Govenor Jodi Rell on this issue.

[andylance1]

Don''t drill, Nancy and Barack, let them freeze. It will be nice and frosty in early November in Indiana, Ohio Pennsylvania and Virginia. When they fill up their fuel oil tanks for over $1000 a pop, they will realize how wise Nancy and Barack are, and in 10 or 20 years they will be kept warm with solar and wind energy. Let them freeze, please. Thank you very much.

[ausus-2009]

deacon20081,

I think you will find that a major exporter of Alaskan oil is BP - the UK government owned British Petroleum. Taking action against them could lead to a trade war in which there would be no winners. It would probably push the price of oil much higher.

[lemonskink]

Bush/Cheney Regime lead me to three simple words:

Moan for Man.

www.ronnierayjenkins.com

[macusweil]

"I understand the hard time the NE faces, but do not understand why Maine has decided to accept oil from the US hate mongoring Argentina.
Posted by excelsior9"

Guess you must be either you are yellow or think you clever living in a red state, either way you''ve never had a frozen pipe burst in Jan have you? or had to choose between food or heat??

excelsior means "still higher" ~that refers to the weed you smoke before you posted? Because you sure aren''t from NY and you are a very poor example of an American patriot.

[randynason]

I was born and raised in Maine. My mom and dad still live there and this year, a cord of wood is costing $200.00. That is more than three times a much as two years ago. I would encourage my folks to buy heating oil from bin Laden himself, if it would help. Our own country is not addressing the problem effectively and Bush has run the country into the ground.

[deacon20081]

I understand the hard time the NE faces, but do not understand why Maine has decided to accept oil from the US hate mongoring Argentina.
Posted by excelsior9
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If Nicaragua or Brazil or any other country is willing to help people heat their homes when our own government won''t....You better believe we need to be thankful for the help.

[barbaram99]

ye ever lived in Maine...I have and I was born and raised in Maine, I have family there. I am a Mainer in Seattle. My parents don''t have computer and I will be on the net as we talk. We used to shut down rooms in the winter to save heating fuel and that was in the 60s.

[deacon20081]

Perhaps now is the time to Force Exxon to Stop selling Oil from Alaska to other countries. That 5 million barrels a day needs to be diverted back to the country that owns it.

[excelsior9]

I understand the hard time the NE faces, but do not understand why Maine has decided to accept oil from the US hate mongoring Argentina.

[haoli25]

A lot of very poor people are going to Bite It this winter. -- Many of them will be elderly, and many will be disabled. -- A lot will be little kids. -- This will be a winter to remember. Posted by marizara


The thinning of the herd, nothing more.

[blackyowe]

We are so screwed in America. I went back to burning wood. I could never aford oil to heat anymore. I heated with wood for 13 years then oil for 9. I went back to wood a few years ago. How on earth can I justify paying so much to to keep my house warm. I am also very lucky to have a smaller home. I am thinking about doing more insulation soon too.

[macusweil]

Thanks Bush / Cheney. One day we''ll learn if any laws were broken in Cheney''s closed door session with BIG oil when they laid out the Republican energy "policy" that put our nation into this crisis.

McSame you aren''t getting my vote in 2008. I may be broke paying for fuel oil but not to broke to vote.

[rave_on3]

It''''s no wonder the price of oil there is twice what it is in the US.

Posted by ausus at 10:26 PM : Aug 11, 2008

...not to mention their income tax rate for even lower middle class is a somewhere around 35%. That''s a flat rate...no deductions. Compound that with a value added tax (national sales tax) of, I believe, 18% and rumors were for it to hit 20%. It may be there already. Imagine somewhere in the neighbourhood of half your income going to taxes.

[squidly8]

Natural gas is certainly a good alternative but it isn''t always available to everyone. In fact, the gas line stops at the house right next door me. There are only a couple more houses down past me and the gas company won''t extend the line because they won''t make their money back.

I burn oil for heat and hot water as it has always been a relatively cheap alternative. Propane is very expensive here let alone have the unsightly pig in your yard. CT is in the top 5 for electricity prices so that isn''t a cheap alternative. When I bought my house in 2000, fuel oil was about 90 cents/gal. I burn about 1000 gals/year keeping the heat at 60 at night and most of the day. It is up to 68 in the mornings while we are getting ready for the day and then at 68 again in the evenings. Going from $900/year to $4500 is absolutely punishing.

I just installed a pellet stove - this will be my first heating season with it. It will probably reduce my overall heating costs by about half.

[ausus-2009]

vnveteran72,

I take it you have not been to Europe recently. It is a continent of regulations, high taxes and subsidies. Germany has the oldest students, youngest retirees, shortest working hours and most holidays in the world. It is a situation that cannot last. It''s no wonder the price of oil there is twice what it is in the US.