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by mindslight 2180 days ago
Remember, oil prices cratered over the past few months. I'd take the current numbers with a grain of salt.
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We also don't know what the long-term fallout is going to be. Natural gas has been unusually cheap recently because it's a byproduct of fracking for oil. But low demand for oil means less demand for fracking which mean less natural gas production.

It's really hard to predict where prices are going to be in a year, because you really have to predict how well the oil industry can predict future demand in this environment. If they shut down too much production and then demand comes back there could be a price spike. If they expect a quick recovery and are wrong, prices could remain on the floor for a good while.

This is also the "off" season for heating oil, so it's usually cheaper.

According to the NH page, that price was June 2. For the Commonwealth of MA, as of late May it was $2.07 on average and it's down 33% on last year:

https://www.mass.gov/service-details/massachusetts-retail-he...

You can see it has dropped from $3.04 on Jan 7 2020.