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Heating oil spills in basement of downtown building
By adamg on Sun, 11/25/2018 - 6:37pm
Washington Street is shut at Essex Street as crews try to clean up roughly 150 gallons of heating oil that spilled in the basement of 600 Washington St. shortly after 5 p.m.
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Finally here's our chance ..
Someone get in there to take some photos of the long-abandoned theater inside.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIItcIl_SGA
150 gals of heating oil doesn't usually "spill"
Unless a very old tank ruptured (it happens), usually it is delivery driver error, putting the hose on an old fill that is no longer connected to a tank.
When people convert from oil to natural gas, they rarely remove the "oil fill" from outside but often remove the oil tanks in the basement. Every year or two there are reports of the "oil man" with good intentions filling a basement with oil. I'd be curious what happened here.
Thought that area was steamed
Thought that area was steamed up, was iit #2 or heavy oil that got spilt?
Convert to electric heat
Carbon pollution is real. Oil pollution is real too. Electric heat is the path toward solving both.
And just how is most electricity generated?
Yep. With coal, gas, or - in some cases - oil. So you're not solving the pollution problem, you're just transferring it.
Not that simple
Most in NE is now gas generated, which is vastly more efficient than coal or oil.
Also, notice how many of those old plants have been shut down? That's because the replacement natural gas facilities are massively more efficient in their modern design.
We are also seeing huge gains in the efficiency of domestic electric heating for this climate zone.
What that adds up to is that electric heat is far more possible and desirable. When my gas steam unit gives up the ghost, I'm going to splits and getting cooling in the bargain.
My neighbors already have this setup and have a larger home, but very low utility bills as a result.
Mass save says mini-split
Mass save says mini-split systems are more efficient than gas when the outside temperature is above 60.
Um, what? If it's above 60, I'm not using any heat at all.
Delayed Start to Work
I work there. For those working in 600 Washington Street, nobody will be allowed into the building until 9:45AM. That is what my boss told me on the phone. Who knows how long it will take to clean up.