FYI on Heating Oil, Winter 2004-2005
 Millions of American households and businesses, mostly in the Northeastern states, rely on heating oil to keep warm in winter. The price of distillate fuel oil (heating oil). like any other market commodity, is set by the forces of supply and demand, both for distillate and the crude oil from which it is refined. Looking ahead to the heating season, the U.S. Energy Information Administration says "weather patterns will drive the eventual outcome, but higher overall heating expenditures are likely." [For more information see the EIA's October Short Term Energy Outlook and "Winter Fuels Outlook: 2004-2005."]
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7.7 million American households, mostly in the Northeastern states, rely on heating oil to keep warm in winter. Like any other market commodity, prices for home heating oil are subject to the effects of supply and demand. 
Ever wonder where heating oil comes from? Or why prices fluctuate? Or even how you can help to lower your heating oil bills? In this on-line brochure by the Department of Energy's Energy Information Adminstration, these and other topics are explored. 
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