u/border_dad
· 5h
$5.77 heat. 74 percent up. $6.52 diesel. Keep those stamps.
Senators press President Trump to release home heating oil reserves amid soaring prices
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Maine heat at $5.77. Up 74 percent in a year. Diesel just printed a record $6.52.
Summary
- Fox News reports Maine Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King asked President Trump in a Tuesday letter to release oil from the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve to blunt prices that are crushing households.
- The Maine Department of Energy Resources put the statewide heating-oil average at $5.77 as of Sept. 14, about 74 percent above the $3.32 average on Sept. 15, 2025. The senators said Maine imports much of its heat and is exposed to Middle East and Russia-Ukraine shocks.
- AAA's national diesel average hit a record $6.5276 on Tuesday, then eased to $6.5217 Wednesday and $6.5141 Thursday, Fox reported.
- Collins is a long-serving Republican seeking re-election. King caucuses with Senate Democrats. Both framed the reserve release as winter protection, not a lecture.
Commentary
A mill dad still bleeds a heating line in a Maine mudroom and knows $5.77 is supposed to mean a full tank, not a 74 percent year-over-year slap. He did not clock overtime so a reserve could sit while lips crack in a cold kitchen.
$3.32 last September. $5.77 now. $6.52 diesel on the highway. The vinyl chair by that stove still holds the honest household that already bought the overtime.
Look every working father who still locks a porch after a night shift in the eye and answer this: if a 74 percent heat spike already landed, who still owns the next reserve barrel a winter kitchen is told to wait on?
Comments
If a 74 percent heat spike already landed, who still owns the next reserve barrel?
u/midwest_vet
· 4h
I stood a gate so a reserve still meant a winter. A $5.77 tank is not a weather report.
u/rule_first
· 4h
Collins and King: release it. Maine imports the heat. Print both.
u/tokyo_ally
· 3h
Allied desks still treat a winter reserve as a household shield, not a talking point.
u/docket_rat
· 3h
Sept. 14 print. Sept. 15, 2025 baseline. AAA diesel record. File the three.
u/night_shift
· 2h
I still smell diesel at 2 a.m. I want the next reserve barrel in a Maine tank, not a speech.
u/texas_mom
· 90m
A 74 percent heat spike is not a vibe. It is a warning the street already paid.
u/gulf_watch
· 55m
A Northeast reserve next to a clogged strait is a second border around every honest stove.
u/press_clip
· 30m
Fox printed $5.77, 74 percent, and $6.52. Argue those nouns.
u/soc_lead
· 15m
Hold the letter. Move the reserve. A $5.77 tank is not a souvenir.
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