We get oil from Georgia, nobody was talking about Russia. Speak for yourself when you say "we" never knew about the sky high prices of gas in Europe. Its been a well known and well documented topic for a long time. They have had unbelievably high prices for a long time. That is why when you visit England or Italy, you won't see any obnoxiously big SUVs driven by "soccer Moms" who say they need the space for their 2.5 kids and a couple of bags of groceries.

From the article, I can honestly say that I am fearful that they are going to raise my monthly budget payment to double of what it was last year. Last year it was $200 per month higher than when I moved into my house 6 years ago.

Actually, biofuel is NOT MIXED WITH GAS PEOPLE!!!! Biofuel is only mixed with DIESEL. There is a miconception that they are the same thing and they are not. Ethanol is mixed with gas, and biofuel is mixed with diesel. Biofuels ARE actually more efficient than regular diesel or heating oil, however, it also depends on the blend that you chose to use. Many studies have proven this small fact, and it is one of the reasons that many trucking companies, and the worldwide TDI club champion biofuels for diesel engines. Biodiesel has a somewhat cleaning effect on the engine which causes it to run more efficiently.

Ethanol is where most people get their facts confused. Ethanol can be mixed with gas and in most places around Philadelphia is blended to a 10% blend called RFG. Most of the time you don't even notice a change when running an E10 blend, however you must have a flex fuel vehicle to run higher blends such as E85.

Worley & Obetz has never been sneaky about using alternative fuels. In fact, they are more progressive in finding alternative energies than almost any other fuel/hvac company in the STATE. They applaud new research, oppurtunites & alternatives to the use of distillates bc they support the development of domestic energy. This also includes solar, and wind energies + the development of coal gasification. No one claims that any of these are the answer to the energy crisis, however, in developing the use of all of these energies we can displace some of the use of distillates that are bought in the middle east.

Okay- that's my spiel....thanks for your time.

Landlords should pass the heating costs on to their tennants, dollar for dollar. How many times have you driven through the city, on a bitter cold day, only to see people hanging out their windows, watching traffic of talking to someone on the sidewalk. Quite often, the front door is hanging wide open too. These people obviously, are not paying their own heat bill.

Those type of people are not paying their own anything. You get heat assistance if you are low income and welfare to pay for anything in between.