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With Mayor Bloomberg's proposed elimination of the #4 and #6 fuel oils in the next couple of months, what are buildings planning on doing?
No new boilers, but you will be paying more for a gallon of oil.
Well,
From my perspective, buildings that still burn #6 have been polluting my air and the air of my shareholders for long enough. I mean really, how did you sleep at night with that much pollution coming out of your stacks? NYC shouldn't have to pass a law before we all act on improving our surroundings.
We use Natural Gas on Co-Ed’s interruptible rate and burning #2 when it gets below 18 degrees. Sometimes doing the right thing costs more. I would recommend hooking up to Co-Ed’s Steam service if you are in their range but their network doesn't come up this high for my complex. Come on folks - these should have all been converted decades ago.
Could not agree more, Steve.
Not sure about the timetable, though — I thought that the city was planning to phase out 4 and 6 over the next several years (rather than over the next couple of months).
Here are a couple of relevant articles:
http://www.edf.org/article.cfm?contentID=10068&redirect=dirtybuildings
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/01/science/earth/01pollute.html
Celebrate!! This should have been done when coal was eliminated.
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