This pamphlet, an update of a 1998 version, provides an overview of the domestic heating oil market. It discusses recent trends in heating oil demand, supply, prices, and inventories. Clean Energy to Keep America Going Strong Natural gas is a reliable, efficient, domestic energy source that powers our economy, warms our homes and allows us to maintain our quality of life. Diesel Sulfur Regulations EPA has proposed a rule to reduce highway sulfur in diesel fuel to unnecessarily low levels beginning in 2006. The petroleum industry supports the clean air benefits of lower sulfur levels and proposes a 90-percent reduction.
Lower sulfur means cleaner air.