Oil heating
Switzerland with its 45.7% has the biggest proportion of oil heating in Europe. Which means that almost half of the households in Switzerland still use a non-renewable energy source.
Advantages
- The house doesn't need to be connected to the gas network.
- You can choose your supplier yourself.
- As long as you have oil in your tank, the house is always warm.
Disadvantages
- High and repetitive costs.
- Space needs to be saved in the cellar for the tanks.
- High CO2 emissions and damage to our earth with obtaining the oil from our earth.
Also, the canton of Zurich just voted on a law concerning our heating sources, especially oil heating. It got accepted, which means that if an oil heating source is non repairably damaged, it has to get replaced by an environmental friendlier heating source if it.
Link to our Sway: Sway Oil Heating
Anabel & Tiziano