Benefits Of Biofuels In Home And Office Heating

In efforts to help our environment by going “green”, today everyone, including the home heating oil industry, is looking to contribute in all they can towards these efforts. Energy companies are looking to provide their customers with Bioheat options much needed for their homes and their businesses.

Biodiesel is a new form of fuel that is derived from animal fats or vegetable oils and is a renewable resource. Recently Pullum/Sibling Energy, for example, converted to Bioheat in their offices and is offering the same option to their customers. All in the name of helping the environment.

Bioheat’s advantages are numerous. The fuel emits 83 percent less sulfur emissions when it makes up only 20% of the fuel mixture (said fuel referred to as B20). This B20 mixture reduces nitrogen oxide by 20% and carbon dioxide by 16%. We all know that carbon dioxide is global warming’s major contributor. Biofuels used for Bioheat do produce carbon dioxide, but the plants used to derive the fuel actually remove a greater amount of carbon dioxide during their lifespan. The effect in making Biofuel actually removes carbon dioxide from our environment, which actually helps to reverse atmospheric levels of C02.

B20 fuel is readily available, and can work with existing fuel oil burners, though a heating system that runs on 100% Biofuel often requires modifications. A minimal price for this (between 2-5% increase in a year’s course), with a positive effect it has on the environment, and the environmentally-conscious consumer finds this a great choice.

Energy companies like Pullum/Sibling Energy have taken the responsibility on their shoulders to incorporate the use of Biofuel in as many of their applications as possible, and hopefully will be leading the heating industry in the direction of “green” practices for years and years to come.

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