They raise prices and people then people conserve or switch so they sell less, oil raises prices because they are "are entitled", close more refineries say there is a shortage and on and on and on...... Last year I heated about 50/50 oil/pellets, this year 5/95 oil/pellets. Looks like I will need to turn my oil furnace into a planter---anybody have plans? I guess the Times doesn't even consider pellet stoves as relevant. With the rule of thumb $200 ton pellets equals $2.00 per gallon heating oil. I feel I am ahead of the curve for now unless the pellet manufacturers form a PPEC. $300 per ton pellets were common a couple years ago!
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/b...-in-northeast-cant-switch.html?pagewanted=all
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/b...-in-northeast-cant-switch.html?pagewanted=all