As the Northeast shivers under its first real cold spell and snowfall of the 2005-06 winter, I thought it might be comforting to see a chart of heating oil prices during the past 17 years or so.
What do you mean, you are not comforted? I thought that the heat generated by anger at the chart would help keep you warm!
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