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Corn Stoves - one step up from wood pellets

Unfortunately, in illuminating about WOOD pellet stoves, Umbra neglected (probably by no fault of her own) CORN burning stoves.  This fuel burns cleaner than wood with less smoke, ash and particulate; is renewable each year by growing about 1/3 acre per household; and if grown sustainably results in carbon neutral emissions.

I am one of almost 60 households in the DC area (and one of thousands of others mostly from Mid-Western states) who have corn burning pellet stoves to get even more eco- (and financial) efficiency from buying a home-grown fuel, than from using fossil fuels, and also better than wood.

And for those who believe corn is a hugely unsustainable crop... I do too, if it is CONVENTIONAL corn.  But we source our sustainable corn from a small family farm in MD, using organic, local fertilizer, low/no-till agriculture practices and non-GMO corn seeds.

For more visit our website at: www.SaveOurSky.com

Warmly,
Sat Jiwan Ikle-Khalsa
president, Save Our Sky Home Heating Cooperative
On Umbra on pellet stoves posted 2 years, 9 months ago 6 Responses