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Heating oil use falls as prices rise in Maine
In Maine and nationwide heating oil demand drops while prices surge. Amid high crude costs near 100 dollars per barrel and gas near four dollars a gallon, households cut consumption by about a third in five years and shift to wood pellets, space heaters, efficient furnaces, or natural gas. Local official John Kerry cites market fundamentals and Middle East turmoil as price drivers, noting Maine residential use fell from 361.2 million to 233.7 million gallons.
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Portland, Maine
Tom Wright
Wright
U.S
Maine
U.S. Energy Information Administration
Middle East
John Kerry
Office of Energy Independence and Security
Kerry
EIA