Linseed oil linoleum. After its invention in 1860 by Frederick Walton, linoleum, or 'lino' for short, was a common form of domestic and industrial floor covering from the 1870s until the 1970s when it was largely replaced by PVC ('vinyl') floor coverings. However, since the 1990s, linoleum is on the rise again, being considered more environmentally sound than PVC. Linoleum has given its name to the printmaking technique linocut, in which a relief design is cut into the smooth surface and then inked and used to print an image. The results are similar to those obtained by woodcut printing. Raw cold-pressed linseed
Metro Fuel Oil Energy plans to process 100% renewable biodiesel which can be blended with heating oil or diesel fuel. The plant will employ technology that will enable United Metro Energy to capture and utilize waste generated by the process. The plant is scheduled to open in Third Quarter 2012. United Metro Energy was founded in 1942 when Pauline Pullo recognized that home heating oil was a cleaner, more efficient alternative to coal in the heating fuel market. United Metro Energy remained a relatively modest retail operation until, in the late 1970s, when Paul J. and Gene V. Pullo, Pauline’s grandsons, took over