Diesel fuel and heating oil deliver real savings, but the pollutants they release are harder to accept. Burning them produces sulfur oxides, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, hydrocarbons, and particulates, plus the carbon dioxide shared by every fossil fuel. Biodiesel answers that trade-off: it runs in existing diesel engines and oil burners while cutting most of […]
Construction runs on petroleum in ways that are easy to overlook. Diesel powers the excavators, cranes, and haul trucks. Asphalt binds the roads and parking lots. Plastics, sealants, insulation, and a long list of building products start life as crude oil. When the price of a barrel moves, it moves through the entire supply chain,
An underground propane tank stores the fuel that runs furnaces, water heaters, ranges, and generators without taking up yard space or blocking the view. The tank sits below the frost line with only a small dome and fill valve visible above the grass, which makes buried propane systems popular on rural lots and anywhere an
Propane, also called liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), powers an estimated 11 million households across the United States for water heating, cooking, clothes drying, space heating, and backup electricity generation. The gas is nontoxic, colorless, and stored as a liquid under moderate pressure. An odorant called ethyl mercaptan gives propane its distinctive smell, making gas leaks
