Oil Heat Keeps You Warmer: An oil furnace or boiler can provide improved comfort with air from the register that is up to 30 F / 17 C warmer than electric heat.
Oil Costs Less: Fuel oil will heat your home for two to five times less money than electricity. The equipment payback is surprisingly fast.
Air Conditioning Is Possible: If you're replacing an electric heat pump with oil heat, you can keep your efficient Air Conditioning unit.
Oil Gives You more Hot Water: Tests prove that fuel oil typically heats household water twice as fast as electricity. Usually at about half the cost.
Oil Heat Is Environmentally Friendly: In emission tests on heating equipment, oil produced low levels of particulates comparable to other modern equipment.