A buddy of mine burns corn in his pellet stove. He says it's better heat
and cheaper than pellets.


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Hi,

I am in the process of upgrading my heating from electricity to
something else.

I am pretty much settled on getting a pellet stove for several reasons.

Fuel is relatively cheap compared to others except maybe wood.
It is automatic, only needs to be filled with pellets, very efficient,
extremely environment friendly, no mess.

It has drawbacks as well but I can live with them.

I am also looking at the future.

To me it looks like oil/gas will continue to increase steadily, while I
dont forsee the same for wood/pellets. Sure it will increase as well,
but not as bad imo.

But, I would like to read your opinion, what is the fuel of the future
for heating mostly pricewise?

J.A. Michel wrote:
A buddy of mine burns corn in his pellet stove. He says it's better heat
and cheaper than pellets.


My handy dandy little spread sheet sez:

Shelled #2 corn 15% moisture 2.03 bushel 85% efficiency heating system
.61 SHU

Pellet w/1% ash/fines 165.00 ton 85% efficiency heating
system 1.18 SHU

SHU (standard heating unit) 100,000 BTUs


Lenny











wrote in message
oups.com...
Hi,

I am in the process of upgrading my heating from electricity to
something else.

I am pretty much settled on getting a pellet stove for several reasons.

Fuel is relatively cheap compared to others except maybe wood.
It is automatic, only needs to be filled with pellets, very efficient,
extremely environment friendly, no mess.

It has drawbacks as well but I can live with them.

I am also looking at the future.

To me it looks like oil/gas will continue to increase steadily, while I
dont forsee the same for wood/pellets. Sure it will increase as well,
but not as bad imo.

But, I would like to read your opinion, what is the fuel of the future
for heating mostly pricewise?