Tag Archives: Editorials

The timeframe of this issue falls squarely with the final days of the 2012 election season

  Natural gas can offer the homeowner some compelling arguments for conversion. However, one advantage with oil or propane heat is that, as a homeowner, you control your own destiny. Recent summer storms have knocked out power for millions in the Midwest. It’s not uncommon for winter ice storms to do the same in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states. What ...

  Selling fuel oil and oil-burning appliances is the core business model of FON‘s readers and it remains the core focus of our magazine. However, it is becoming more apparent each day that business diversification is of critical importance. The National Association of Oilheating Service Managers announced a name change to National Association of Oil & Energy Service Professionals at ...

  I’m on the soapbox once again this month ‘ I’m going to cover the need to become politically active. I’m not doing this because I have nothing else to comment upon (though some months tend to be more fruitful than others) but because Fuel Oil News’ Dateline news section contains another reminder of why this is not only important, ...

As noted in the lead news article and as we have covered in the pages of this magazine for several months now, the industry-favorable provisions in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act are under heavy attack by the financial industry

Diversification has not only been a trend in the industry, it is increasingly seen as a necessity

Does anything get brushed off as easily as the New Year's resolution?

This year saw number of significant legislative successes for the industry

The American Energy Coalition promised to take the fight to the gas utilities, and its opening salvo is already on the way

It's that time of year again