Heating Oil
HB Fuels delivers #2 home heating oil and Biofuel for your heating needs. We offer automatic and 'will call' delivery. When you choose automatic delivery we monitor your usage and deliver automatically based on a program of usage and degree days. We also offer will call delivery in which you monitor your tank and call us when you are ready for a delivery.
HB Fuels offers fixed price programs to make heating your home as affordable as possible. Through prebuy and budget programs our customers have saved substantially over the years on their heating expenses.
At HB Fuels we are committed to providing our customer and community with proven environmentally responsible products and services. HB Fuels was one of the first companies in the state of Vermont to offer a low sulfur heating fuel and continued to lead the way by offering Bioheat as a more responsible heating product.
Bioheat is a blend of standard heating oil and Biofuel. Biofuel is made from vegetable oils such as soybeans and canola. This blended fuel is compatible with all equipment currently using #2 heating oil. Bioheat offers many benefits, including:
- a reduction in the amount of soot created, helping to produce higher effeciencies
- a reduction in the release of greenhouse gasses, contributing to a cleaner environment
- a reduction in the need for imported fuels, allowing for domestically-produced options
Our commitment to the environment carries through to our fleet of service vans, delivery trucks, and septic service trucks. These vehicles are all run on Biodiesel. The switch from gasoline powered service vans to Biodiesel powered vans has raised our van fleet average from 9 MPG to over 24 MPG. The use of Biodiesel has allowed us to reduce the amount of foreign oil we consume; at the same time promoting and supporting the American farmer.
Biofuel Facts and Benefits / Biodiesel for a Better Future
Biodiesel Fuel, contributes to domestic energy security!
Why use Biodiesel?
ENVIRONMENTAL reasons: reduction in criteria air pollutants
CLIMATE CHANGE reason: reduction in greenhouse gases
NATIONAL SECURITY reason: reduction in imported petroleum
Biodiesel, commonly referred to as B100 or "neat" biodiesel, is the cleaner burning alternative fuel. Biodiesel fuel is the only alternative fuel to fully complete health effects testing requirements of the Clean Air Act. It reduces compounds linked to cancer by 80 - 90%.
Other benefits:
- provides the highest energy content of any alternative fuel
- offers significantly improved lubricity
- demonstrates similar fuel economy, horsepower, and torque to petroleum
- simple to use, biodegradable, nontoxic, and essentially free of sulphur and aromatics
