Methane Gas is 20x more powerful of a greenhouse than Carbon Dioxide. When you think of Oil heat what comes to mind? Dirty, expensive, foreign and inefficient fuel source what about Natural Gas? The Natural Gas utilities want you to believe that their product is cleaner, more efficient, domestic, and better for the environment. This is what they are telling you, but it's not the whole story about Oil heat or Natural Gas. First we would like to paint the modern picture that is Oil and heating with Oil. The United States is projected to became the worlds' largest producer of Oil by 2015. That means that the Oil that is used to heat your home will come from and stay in the US. Natural Gas comes from the US too, right? Yes it does however the Oil that is delivered to your home helps to keep people in your local community employed. While Natural Gas utility companies are monopolies and like National Grid can be owned and headquartered outside of the US. Local Oil co