Just before beginning this article, I checked the price of a gallon of heating oil. The full service oil company I shopped was at $3.65 for one gallon of oil at 139,400btu per gallon. Compare that to a $5.00 bag of Great American Brand premium pellet Continue reading →

Seems like winter just ended and yet here it comes again. It’s right around the corner really and I’m sure everyone has all their cordwood stacked and covered by now? Well if you haven’t by now it is almost too late for this season unless you have a source for truly seasoned wood. Continue reading →

We have finished contacting all our pellet customers attempting to persuade them to buy their pellets early.  Continue reading →

Pellet stove cleaning is one of those chores most of us stove owners would rather put off until the fall. Continue reading →

This year has given our alternative heating systems quite a work out and considering what they pay back in fuel savings it makes sense to perform some preventative maintenance now, before the next heating season.  Continue reading →

Shell has dabbled in wind, solar and biofuels in the past. Continue reading →

Recent testimony to federal investigators exposed a flaw in the complex operations at BP’s Macondo well, which likely contributed to the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion and Gulf oil spill. Continue reading →

Valero Energy has gone from corn ethanol hater to one of the largest producers of the product in the past two years. Continue reading →

The newest improvement to PowerMeter, Google’s free home-energy saving software, includes one way-too geeky feature. Continue reading →

Cairn Energy was forced to shut down its oil exploration operations in the Arctic after Greenpeace activists breached its security perimeter. Continue reading →