Most homes today have heat pumps, but most of us just can’t get warm in the winter months. This is perhaps because heat pumps just don’t do the job that heating oil can do. If you want to stay warm this winter, you may want to consider keeping your home warm with heating oil. Oil heating systems can reach temperatures of 3,000 degrees when burning. This means that your home will heat up much faster than a heat pump and can do so much more efficiently than a heat pump as well.
Oil heat is very safe as well regardless of what some home owners may think. Even if you lit a match and dropped it down into the oil tank it would not be a problem and the match would go out. There is very low risk associated with using oil in a burner or a furnace.
You can use your oil heating as the sole way to heat your home or you can choose to use it as a supplemental heating system to your heat pump. You should be able to save quite a bit of money by using your oil heat in place of your heat pump, but you can save some money by supplementing as well.
Many smart homeowners are choosing to heat with oil these days for many reasons but one of these is because it is better for the environment. Heating oil is nontoxic and biodegradable. The tanks that are used with heating oil are not hazardous to the environment either and do not cause harm to any human either. Electric heat on the other hand is far worse for air quality and therefore is not good for the environment. With everyone “going green” nowadays, it may be that more people will began switching from electric heat to oil heat. Not to mention that oil heat costs less than electric heat. As a matter of fact, as all prices of most everything in the world have risen over the years, oil prices have dropped by a whopping 28%. This is a great way to help you save money during this ever slowing economy.
In conclusion if you are interested in saving some money this winter and in keeping warmer than you have ever been you may want to consider using oil to heat your home instead of electric heat. I don’t know about you but it always feels like there is a little bit of cool air coming out of the vents with the heat and during the winter I can never get warm enough. Even with the heat on I have to wrap up in blankets to stay warm. Let’s consider making the change to oil heat for a warmer winter.
Heating Oil Madison – East River Energy provides fuel to families who rely on heating oil in Madison to stay warm during the cold winter months.
