ELI5. Why do New England states use home heating oil while the rest of the country seems to use other sources?

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They’re not the coldest states. Does it have to do with infrastructure? Thanks. [http://nhenergy.blogspot.com/2014_01_01_archive.html?m=1](http://nhenergy.blogspot.com/2014_01_01_archive.html?m=1)

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My guess living here would be old houses, we have a lot of old houses here. It was one of the best/easiest/cheapest for good heating originally, so most of the older houses have that as their main source. Then as more houses came in, we had the infrastructure already in place. A lot of the newest homes are moving to other forms.

That being said, everyone I know has multiple heating options in their home. For instance we have wood stove, pellet stove, oil, and electric heaters. We use different ones at different times, but I’m a big fan of oil right in the coldest part of the season, because it heats the whole house evenly and doesn’t dry it out as much as the wood stove. I’m using the pellet stove right now to just take the chill out.

Most of my friends/family have at least two heating options, one for usual, and one that works when the power is out, and maybe a few others for other times.

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