美国人正为严寒冬季做准备，因为取暖油成本上升。“如果我们的房子结冰……我们的水管就会爆裂，”一位缅因州的母亲说。依赖取暖油取暖的美国人正为今年秋冬的更高成本做准备。
Americans brace for brutal winter as heating oil costs rise "If our homes freeze up ... our water pipes are gonna burst," a Maine mom said. Americans who rely on heating oil to warm up their homes are bracing for higher costs this fall and winter.
“如果你没有供暖，你会冻死的，”来自缅因州利米顿、有一个年幼儿子的母亲布里特尼·沃登说。
“If you don't have heat, you will freeze to death,” said Brittney Worden, a mother of a young son from Limington, Maine.
“对于我们缅因州的同胞，我很担心。这是如此高的涨幅，以及它对我们社区将产生的总体影响——这很可怕，”沃登补充道。
“For our fellow Mainers, I'm worried. This is such a high increase and the overall effect that it's going to have on our community -- this is scary,” Worden added.
根据缅因州能源资源部取暖燃料价格数据，截至2026年10月5日，缅因州全州平均取暖油价格为每加仑5.97美元。沃登同时也经营着一家小型柴火生意，她说增加的成本是她家庭的首要担忧。沃登说，她去年每加仑取暖油大约花了4美元。
In Maine, the average statewide price for heating oil is $5.97 per gallon as of Oct. 5, 2026, according to the Maine Department of Energy Resources Heating Fuel Prices. Worden, who also owns a small firewood business, said the increased cost is a top concern for her family. Worden said she paid about $4 per gallon for heating oil last year.
“我预测今冬取暖费用将接近5000美元。这是一大笔钱，”她告诉ABC新闻。
“I am predicting [paying] close to $5,000 to heat my home this winter. That's a lot of money,” she told ABC News.
GasBuddy石油分析主管帕特里克·德·哈恩表示，取暖油价格的飙升直接与柴油价格上涨相关，因为它们“本质上是同一种产品”，并且是通过相同的石油炼制过程生产的。
Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, said the jump in heating oil prices is directly connected to the rise in diesel prices because they are "essentially the same product" and are made through the same oil refining process.
“柴油和取暖油价格实际上与乌克兰对俄罗斯炼油厂发动袭击的发展状况更为紧密相关，”德·哈恩告诉ABC新闻。“传统上，俄罗斯是全球市场上柴油的主要供应国，而自7月起，由于无人机袭击，俄罗斯禁止了柴油出口，因此这导致了全球柴油市场非常紧张，并显著推高了价格。”全球柴油价格也因伊朗战争而受到严重影响。
"Diesel and heating oil prices are really more tied to the developing state of Ukraine attacking Russian oil refineries," De Haan told ABC News. "Traditionally, Russia is a major supplier of diesel for the global market, and since July, as a result of the drone attacks, Russia has banned the export of diesel, so that has contributed to a very tight global market for diesel and driven prices up significantly." Global diesel prices have also been heavily strained by the war in Iran.
他指出，目前柴油每加仑的平均成本为6.29美元，几乎是去年价格的两倍。
The current average cost of a gallon of diesel is $6.29, nearly double the price from last year, he noted.
“我们看到柴油价格飙升，”他说，并补充道，取暖油用户在未来几个月可能“每加仑需要支付高达7美元”。
"We've seen the price of diesel skyrocket," he said, adding that heating oil customers could be "paying potentially $7 a gallon" in the next few months.
在成本不断上升的背景下，唐纳德·特朗普总统于周五宣布，他与俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京达成协议，立即从俄罗斯进口30万吨柴油。然而，这一计划遭到了部分两党参议员的强烈反对——他们认为在乌克兰战争期间解除对俄罗斯的石油制裁是不妥的。
Amid rising costs, President Donald Trump announced on Friday that he made a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin to immediately import 300,000 tons of its diesel fuel from Russia, but his plan has drawn backlash from a small group of bipartisan senators who oppose lifting Russian oil sanctions amid the war with Ukraine.
特朗普在周一的一条社交媒体帖子中为自己的计划辩护，称这是“对美国人民的正确选择”。
The president defended his plan in a social media post on Monday, saying it’s "the right choice for the American People."
德汉（De Haan）表示，他“不确定”特朗普从俄罗斯购买柴油的计划是否真的会实施，因为“俄罗斯目前在国内市场上很难生产足够的柴油”。他说：“乌克兰和俄罗斯之间的局势将对冬季的柴油价格产生重大影响。”
De Haan said he’s “not sure” if Trump’s plan to purchase diesel from Russia “will take place” because “Russia is finding it very difficult to produce as much diesel for their domestic market.”“The situation amongst Ukraine and Russia is going to be very impactful for determining where diesel prices are during the winter,” he said.
根据美国能源信息署（EIA）上周发布的报告，主要使用电力或取暖油进行供暖的家庭预计将面临更高的费用；不过，天然气和丙烷的价格可能不会上涨太多。
According to a U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) report released last week, households that "primarily use electricity or heating oil for space heating are expected to spend more," though natural gas and propane costs may not rise as much.
美国能源信息署署长特里斯坦·阿比（Tristan Abbey）表示：“美国相对较高的天然气库存为供暖需求提供了缓冲，但那些依赖取暖油的家庭仍需支付更高的费用，因为柴油市场的供应依然紧张。”
"Relatively high natural gas inventories” in the U.S. "provide a cushion for heating demand, while households that rely on heating oil face higher prices because distillate markets remain tight," EIA Administrator Tristan Abbey said.
缅因州波特兰市大西洋供暖公司（Atlantic Heating Company）的总裁比尔·莫雷尔（Bill Morrell）告诉ABC新闻，油价上涨“对所有人都有影响”：“当油价涨到如此高的水平时，每个人都受苦了。我们不得不为这些产品支付更多的钱，尽管我们从中已经无法获得任何利润；而消费者受到的影响最为严重，因为现在的油价实在高得离谱。”取暖油主要用于住宅或商业供暖系统中的炉子、锅炉和热水器的运行。
Bill Morrell, president of Atlantic Heating Company in Portland, Maine, told ABC News the rise in oil prices “hurts everybody.”“When the oil gets this high, it hurts everybody. It hurts us. We have to pay more for a product that we're not making any more profit on,” Morrell said. “Then it hurts the consumer, obviously the worst, because the prices are astronomical right now and that's not good.”Heating oil is primarily used to power furnaces, boilers and water heaters in residential or commercial heating systems.
根据美国能源信息署的数据，只有约3%的美国家庭使用取暖油，而这些消费者的购买成本将比去年冬天高出约21%。
According to the EIA, about 3% of U.S. households buy heating oil and customers will pay about 21% more than last winter.
莫雷尔表示，他的公司目前也面临着经营困境——该公司为大约4000位客户提供服务。一些客户已经询问是否可以将他们的供暖系统转换为使用丙烷或天然气。“对所有相关的人来说，这确实是一个非常艰难的处境，”他说。
Morrell said his company, which serves about 4,000 customers, is struggling too. Some of his customers have asked about converting their heating systems to propane or natural gas. "It's a tough situation for everybody involved," he said.
德汉指出，天然气和丙烷的价格相对较为稳定，不太受全球市场变化的影响。
De Haan said prices for natural gas and propane have been "more insulated" from the developments in the global market.
“目前，丙烷的库存量远高于往年同期的平均水平；天然气供应量也同样高于往年同期。美国已经成为全球最大的天然气生产国，”德汉补充道。
"Propane inventories are quite a bit above their average for this time of year. Natural gas supplies are above average for this time of year as well," De Haan said, adding that the U.S. has become "the world's largest producer" of natural gas.
来自北卡罗来纳州温斯顿-塞勒姆的伊丽莎白·迈纳主要依靠取暖油来为她的家供暖。她对ABC新闻表示：“我们所有人都面临着巨大的经济压力，物价飞涨实在令人难过。不只是我一个人，还有很多人都在受影响。”
Elizabeth Minor, a grandmother from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, primarily relies on heating oil to warm up her home. “It's very sad that we're all struggling here and dealing with these prices of everything. And it's not just me, it's so many others,” she told ABC News.
据迈纳介绍，最近几个月里，一桶取暖油的售价几乎涨了两倍，因此她计划今年冬天使用丙烷壁炉来取暖，因为这样更经济实惠。
According to Minor, the cost of filling up one tank of oil has nearly tripled in recent months, so she is looking at utilizing her propane-powered fireplace this winter because it’s cheaper.
“我的收入是固定的，生活压力非常大，我必须尽量节省开支……只能把恒温器调到最低温度，”她说。
“I'm on a fixed income and it's going to be very tight,” she said. “I gotta stretch it out … keep [the] thermostat on the lowest setting possible.”
康涅狄格州温莎-洛克斯的Top Tier Fuel公司的老板斯科特·格兰兹告诉ABC新闻，他的许多客户都非常担心自己无法负担取暖费用：“我为很多人感到难过，因为如果价格不尽快下降的话，这个冬天对他们来说将是一段非常艰难的时期，”他说。
Scott Glanz, an owner of Top Tier Fuel in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, told ABC News that many of his customers are concerned they won’t be able to heat their homes. “I feel horrible for a lot of people because it's going to be a struggle this winter if things don't start coming down very shortly,” he said.
格兰兹表示，过去一年里取暖油的售价上涨了超过2美元/加仑，目前的价格已经达到了5.69美元/加仑。
According to Glanz, heating oil prices have increased by more than $2 per gallon in the last year, with current prices now reaching $5.69 a gallon.
“我祈祷价格能够降下来，因为我真的不想看到人们因此而陷入经济困境，”他补充道。
“I pray that the prices do come down because I just don't want to see people hurt financially,” he added.
由于越来越少的顾客能够负担得起为汽车加满多个油箱的费用，Glanz公司的卡车将不得不增加运输次数来满足客户的加油需求。Glanz表示，今年公司很难实现盈利。
Because fewer customers are able to afford filling up more than one tank, Glanz's trucks will have to make more trips to deliver incremental oil orders. Glanz acknowledged this year will be difficult to make a profit.
Worden也表达了与Glanz相同的担忧，她指出不断上涨的成本在她的新英格兰社区引发了人们的恐惧和焦虑。
Worden echoed Glanz's concerns, saying rising costs have led to fear and anxiety in her New England community.
“许多人纷纷站出来表达他们的担忧，因为他们真的很害怕自己无法为房屋供暖，”她说，“如果房屋内的管道结冰，水管就会爆裂。”
“People have been coming out of the woodwork because they're honestly scared and worried of how they're going to heat their homes,” she said. “If our homes freeze up here, our water pipes are gonna burst.”