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Boston meeting addresses near-term Providence Resolution goals Aside from harvest and Halloween, October is best known for Major League Baseball and World Series heroics. An even more anticipated event took place this October as supply-chain executives, hosted by the National Biodiesel Board (NBB), came to Boston, MA. The event discussed the challenges and opportunities associated with the creation of a ratable, efficient and competitive biodiesel supply chain designed to ens

Bringing B50 to Market Higher blends of biodiesel and Bioheat® fuel now available in the New York metro area The 2021-22 heating season began with thousands of homes in New York City and Long Island heated by B50 Bioheat® fuel. Compared to petroleum-based heating oil, this will reduce New York’s carbon footprint by an estimated 44.8 million pounds, which is equal to taking over 4,400 gas-powered cars off the road per year. This is what can happen when just one local fuel deal

If survival is not enough reason to offer clean liquid heat, then what will it take? No one enjoys or embraces change. It would be great if we could continue to buy and sell carbon-based fuel for the next few decades and not have to learn a new pitch to share with our customers, but the status quo is clearly not sustainable. Even the most resistant to change out there knows that—so, now what? What does this new roadmap of energy and policy being championed by our political le

Getting good fuel economy is important regardless of the price of fuel, but some fleets take their eyes off the prize when fuel prices dip. Here are 10 ways to improve a fleet’s fuel economy. In case you haven’t noticed, fuel prices are up. Oh, maybe you noticed the slow rise from last week to this, but do you realize that over the past several months fuel has gone up $0.50 per gallon? That is a significant increase, and as I have said many, many times before regardless of wh

CUSTOMER TESTIMONIAL: Agri-Applicators, Inc. — Schaefferstown, PA Jeff Zimmerman – owner — Eric Martin – Fleet manager “Farming today is very different than it was in 2000. New laws to reduce negative environmental impacts prohibit many traditional farming methods and new technology has taken control of equipment, measuring and quantifying operations. Staying current requires farmers to adapt to change.” “By the time Tim Porter and his colleague Mark Smith, of Advanced Fuel S

CUSTOMER TESTIMONIAL: Dave Pennabecker, Berks Mobil Maintenance-Centerport Milk “Before introducing Advanced Fuel Solutions’ (AFS) OPT “Anti-Foulant” technology in our 2 most troublesome units we had used several additives, actually more than I care to remember. I just never seemed to have any success with them; in fact, 6 months prior to talking with Tim Porter, the local AFS fuel quality expert, we spent over $34,000 replacing soot related sensors and components that failed

By Dan Crummett posted on March 7, 2021 | Posted in  Product Innovations & Introductions As demand for U.S. gasoline production began flattening in 2005, departing from a steady upward climb through the 1990s, Americans’ driving habits and improved fuel economy of their cars and trucks became important factors to the nation’s farmers producing corn for fuel-alcohol. Less gasoline burned meant less ethanol blended, and that meant weakening demand for an important cash crop. I

Indoor Comfort Marketing January 2021 by Bob O’Brien There’s been a huge amount of buzz lately about the transition to renewable fuels. Unfortunately, not all of it is positive. What is the story? In a nutshell, fossil fuels are going to be phased out by taxation or legislation in the relatively near future. Maybe not on a Federal level but most States in the Northeast U.S. have already enacted legislation, or are in the process of doing so, that will require the elimination

FUEL MARKETERS NEWS — Posted by Editor  | Nov 24, 2020 By Keith Reid Is there something wrong with diesel? That may seem like an odd question to ask—you don’t see stalled trucks littering the highways—but there have been concerns, and diesel quality is going to become even more important as newer engine technologies start hitting the road. The most notable concern was the discovery over a decade ago of what appears to be widespread corrosion within the diesel fuel infrastruct

At 25 years old, a family heating oil and fuel delivery business in Pennsylvania successfully straddles the line between progressive and traditional Weaver Energy, a family-run heating oil and fuel delivery business located between Philadelphia and Harrisburg in Lititz, Pennsylvania, is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. And while there is nothing traditional about 2020, Weaver Energy honors the traditions on which Ken and Deb Weaver founded the company two and a-hal

Fuel Market News – 10/28/2020 Dr. Raj Shah, Stanley Zhang and David Forester Many automakers have turned to fuel additives to satisfy growing consumer demands for improved engine performance and fuel economy in the modern automotive industry. Fuel additives provide a wide range of benefits, including boosting engine performance, preventing distribution-related complications and maintaining long-term fuel quality. Currently, the most utilized fuel additives are for deposit con

And What to Expect When They Arrive Halloween is on your doorstep and, reality is, you may still be dealing with monsters in your fuel storage tanks after the treats have been passed. The famous words of Dr. Frankenstein after lightning sparked his abominable creation to life―”It’s alive!”―may fittingly describe what’s going on in your tank right now. Biogenic heating fuel from once-living matter, such as Bioheat, is growing in popularity, but active living matter in your fue

By:  Barry Aruda, New England Territory Manager, AFS If you are reading this article, I can say with certainty that life has probably changed for you over the last few months. Since the emergence of the world pandemic, Covid-19, life has been anything but normal for every individual on our planet and, like a line of dominoes meticulously stacked, every single portion of our lives has been affected by the virus. It starts with a cough, leads to sickness, schools, and businesse

Roger England, chief research and development officer for Valvoline, takes issue with how some industry studies arrive at their conclusions regarding ash loading. England believes fuel quality may be a better focus for truck fleets and operators looking to reduce exhaust aftertreatment system issues and clogged DPFs. “If you are burning 100 to 200 times more fuel than oil depending on your duty cycle, then a little change in that can be a lot bigger deal than a big change in

THE OIL INDUSTRY’S ‘VIRTUAL REALITY’ June 2020 Stay-at-home orders. Social distancing. ‘Coronavirus.’ In the future, when reflecting on what 2020 meant for our industry, there will be no shortage of groans, no lack of newly minted terms that nobody had ever said before. The 2019-2020 heating oil season wasn’t a fan favorite to begin with, and yet it became worse in February 2020 when the world slowed and stopped, if only briefly. In mid-April, oil prices fell into the negativ

The lowest level of North American Class 8 truck orders in modern times is not stopping fleets and engine manufacturers from pushing ahead to prepare for more stringent emission regulations. Companies are finding ways to squeeze out better fuel mileage and uptime performance from the next wave of diesel engines. Read more.

May 2020 When we think about the old adages of the oil heat industry, there are few that uttered more frequently than “service is just part of the cost of doing business.” If I’ve heard it a hundred times, that would be an understatement. Dealers have said it, conference presenters have included in in their PowerPoint slides and, to some degree, even homeowners understand the statement to be true. But, what the sentiment carries behind its simple phraseology, is a number of p