Bulldogcakes
12-09-2005, 03:05 PM
<p>Story (http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/12/09/051209141924.flu6l9pn.html)</p><p></p>
<p><font> Once relegated to farmhouses and cabins,
corn-burning and more common wood-burning stoves began growing in
popularity four years ago among environmentally-minded consumers
interested in cheaper and renewable energy sources.</font></p>
<p> </p>
<p><font> With
natural gas prices shooting to a record high Thursday and oil prices
back above 60 dollars a barrel, corn -- the price of which steadily
dropped this year -- has become downright cheap as a heating fuel. </font></p>
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<p><font> "We've been
sold out for almost six months," said Mike Haefner, president of
Minnesota-based American Energy Systems. "We're going to be building
eight times as much next year just to try to keep up, but we already
have 50 percent of that sold." </font></p>
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<p><font> Even with a retail price of 1,600 to 3,000 dollars, the stoves often pay for themselves within a year or two. </font></p>
<p><font> "The savings are phenomenal," said Haefner. </font></p>
<p><font>
Corn-generated heat costs less than a fifth of the current rate for
propane and about a third of electrical heat, according to Haefner.
Homeowners report savings of anywhere from 600 to 1,500 dollars a year,
he said. </font></p>
<p><font> Because of the space
needed to store the dried corn kernels burned in the stoves, they are
more popular in rural communities and suburbs than in big cities. </font></p>
<p> </p>
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<p><font> Once relegated to farmhouses and cabins,
corn-burning and more common wood-burning stoves began growing in
popularity four years ago among environmentally-minded consumers
interested in cheaper and renewable energy sources.</font></p>
<p> </p>
<p><font> With
natural gas prices shooting to a record high Thursday and oil prices
back above 60 dollars a barrel, corn -- the price of which steadily
dropped this year -- has become downright cheap as a heating fuel. </font></p>
<p><font><br />
</font></p>
<p><font> "We've been
sold out for almost six months," said Mike Haefner, president of
Minnesota-based American Energy Systems. "We're going to be building
eight times as much next year just to try to keep up, but we already
have 50 percent of that sold." </font></p>
<p><font> </font></p>
<p><font><br />
</font></p>
<p><font> Even with a retail price of 1,600 to 3,000 dollars, the stoves often pay for themselves within a year or two. </font></p>
<p><font> "The savings are phenomenal," said Haefner. </font></p>
<p><font>
Corn-generated heat costs less than a fifth of the current rate for
propane and about a third of electrical heat, according to Haefner.
Homeowners report savings of anywhere from 600 to 1,500 dollars a year,
he said. </font></p>
<p><font> Because of the space
needed to store the dried corn kernels burned in the stoves, they are
more popular in rural communities and suburbs than in big cities. </font></p>
<p> </p>
http://www.silentpix.com/hottub/bulldogsig/rotate.php
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"A dog recently saved his owner's life, because he had been trained to dial 911. Unfortunately, operators had trouble finding the address 'woof, woof.'"-Norm MacDonald