Anyone hear about this alternative for homes to oil? It seems quite interesting although initially the capital outlay is quite high, but the pellets are cheaper than oil and it's a smokeless fuel. http://www.kbf.ie/kbf/hp.htm
these have been gaining popularity in the Us for a few years. Corn at a certain dryness can also burn in these stoves.
I've long liked the idea of pelletized wood. It'd make a fine, and renewable, oil alternative. It'd also be much safer than fluid fuels. Wouldn't be as easy to meter, but not impossible. Much more could be done by burning wood pellets than just heating a home, though.
How would it not be easy to meter? I mean, there wouldn't be a meter: you'd just buy the pellet, right?
You could glance and see how many pellets you've left! Seriously though, I think this is a really good alternative to fossil fuels and it's a shame it's not more widely known off and people are being encouraged to use it.
I live where we have air pollution warnings that do not allow woodstoves/fireplaces. So I think there still is an offgas issue, not that burning coal 180 miles away is any better. Maybe a better chimney filter???
Not as long as the son of a bitch Bush rides a huge SUV and take the soviet leader around his ranch in 1 .
I rented a room in a house in Albuquerque in 2003 which was primarily heated with a wood pellet stove, and it worked great, was very attractive, and paid for itself pretty quickly in dramatically lower heating bills. They are OK to use on No-Burn days in Albuquerque. On the other hand, they only heat one area of the house, so you at least need other space heaters. At around $3,000 dollars installed it is also a considerable initial investment. I've heard they are so popular in some areas that pellets are sometimes in short supply. Environmentally speaking, there is still a lot of energy involved in making, packaging and shipping pellets, sometimes for long distances. Still there is probably some advantage in the long run. I guess if one owned a house, it would seem better to go more with passive solar, heavy insulation, and a small regular wood stove if one could collect wood locally.
Off subject...they told me to buy wood stove fuel pellets for litter for my bunny. Said it was the best stuff for my fluffy furry guy.
maybe those thinking of getting pellet stoves should talk to my brother in law.when they first come out he was bragging his pellet stove to no end ..almost to the point of nauseousnous ............one day when he way at work,the flames somehow or another backed up into the hopper ..........when he got home the house was filled with smoke ..firemen said it had just started ..good thing or the whole house would have gone up ..........to everybody else i talked to that had them ,i heard the same things ...messy ,not cheaper,etc etc .........i'll keep my wood funace.at least wood doesn't cost me anything except the labor of cutting it and hauling it out
