oil/bioheat

Thanks George, an employee of NORA (National Oilheat Research Alliance) for the site: Oil Heat America.com. I'm very interested in all of the alternatives out there and particularly enjoyed reading about the "bioheat" option which has soo many benefits listed on their site:

lubricates your heating system
is similar in price to "regular oil"clean burning
you don't need to buy new supplies or heating system
it is safe
even heating throughout home
domestically made
renewable
non-toxic
made from veggies, hemp, seeds, rice, nuts, flowers...you get the idea

"Testing conducted by the National Oilheat Research Alliance (NORA) found that a Bioheat blend of 80% low-sulfur heating oil and 20% biodiesel (B20) reduced sulfur oxide emissions by as much as 80% or more. Nitrogen oxide emissions were lowered by about 20%. In addition, carbon dioxide emissions can be lowered by 20%.

If everyone using heating oil used a B5 blend (5% biodiesel/95% heating oil), 400 million gallons of regular heating oil could be conserved. This would be a big step towards conserving oil, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions."

Oh, and i agree with you George, it's definitely not green to change your current system. All you need is that "green oil"!

Thanks so much for the suggestion...any more great green info you've learned at NORA or through your own experience?