<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Umbra on pellet stoves]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by talterman http://www.grist.org/article/pellet/ Mon, 05 Feb 2007 04:02:59 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/pellet/1 On Pellet Supply

Many readers who investigate pellet stoves further will soon find out that the supply concern you mentioned is quite a big deal in some areas. This recent article, "Pellet Stove Prospects: Will Supply Meet Demand?" offers additional clarification, and may be helpful in determining if a pellet stove is the best option for a particular situation.

Thanks for the opportunity to comment!
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Tabitha Alterman
Associate Editor, Mother Earth News


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Many readers who investigate pellet stoves further will soon find out that the supply concern you mentioned is quite a big deal in some areas. This recent article, "Pellet Stove Prospects: Will Supply Meet Demand?" offers additional clarification, and may be helpful in determining if a pellet stove is the best option for a particular situation.

Thanks for the opportunity to comment!
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Tabitha Alterman
Associate Editor, Mother Earth News


]]> Comment #2 by espo53 http://www.grist.org/article/pellet/ Mon, 05 Feb 2007 05:59:01 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/pellet/2 Pellet Stoves

I just purchased a wood pellet stove and love it. I have found a good source here in the Charlotte NC area but that may be because it doesn't get as cold here. When I travel and pass a Tractor Supply Store, I buy two or three bags just in case.
Tony Esposito

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I just purchased a wood pellet stove and love it. I have found a good source here in the Charlotte NC area but that may be because it doesn't get as cold here. When I travel and pass a Tractor Supply Store, I buy two or three bags just in case.
Tony Esposito

]]> Comment #3 by danallen http://www.grist.org/article/pellet/ Mon, 05 Feb 2007 06:31:55 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/pellet/3 Self-powered pellet stove

There is no need for alternative power sources, such as solar, wind, etc., as Umbra proposes. (Solar or wind might not be available anyhow to run that stove in the still of a dark winter's night.)

Five or so years ago, where I previously worked, I did a proposal for a project for what was called the Western Regional Biomass Energy Program. We won a contract for designing and building a self-powered pellet stove. This was not just a thermoelectric fan to go on the stovetop, but a fully autonomous unit. We partnered with a stove manufacturer. It seemed like a winning idea for locations off the electric grid or strung out on an unreliable line. Here is a reference, and you will note that the prototype won a prize at the 2002 Hearth Products Association trade show:

http://www.hi-z.com/websit11.htm

I guess there was not sufficient capital or market incentive to go ahead, but I still like the idea.

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There is no need for alternative power sources, such as solar, wind, etc., as Umbra proposes. (Solar or wind might not be available anyhow to run that stove in the still of a dark winter's night.)

Five or so years ago, where I previously worked, I did a proposal for a project for what was called the Western Regional Biomass Energy Program. We won a contract for designing and building a self-powered pellet stove. This was not just a thermoelectric fan to go on the stovetop, but a fully autonomous unit. We partnered with a stove manufacturer. It seemed like a winning idea for locations off the electric grid or strung out on an unreliable line. Here is a reference, and you will note that the prototype won a prize at the 2002 Hearth Products Association trade show:

http://www.hi-z.com/websit11.htm

I guess there was not sufficient capital or market incentive to go ahead, but I still like the idea.

]]> Comment #4 by baiss http://www.grist.org/article/pellet/ Mon, 05 Feb 2007 08:14:10 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/pellet/4 Pellet Stoves

I'm on my third pellet stove over a 15 year period and I think that the pellet stove could play a large part of the overall energy solution.
I call it a bio-fuel stove to try to accelerate the meme.
It is much cheaper and a more pleasing heat than forced air electric.

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I'm on my third pellet stove over a 15 year period and I think that the pellet stove could play a large part of the overall energy solution.
I call it a bio-fuel stove to try to accelerate the meme.
It is much cheaper and a more pleasing heat than forced air electric.

]]> Comment #5 by Delay And Deny http://www.grist.org/article/pellet/ Tue, 06 Feb 2007 02:36:58 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/pellet/5 The Hypocracy In Action


Ok, here it is in all its glory.   Gristers who daily bemoan the "big industrialists" who pollute -- meanwhile these bearded hippies are choking us to death with wood stoves.

Really.   Read all about it in Seattle -- during a recent cold snap the air was UNBREATHABLE in a swath across half the Olympic peninsula, all of Puget Sound and some eastward.   I live in Kent East Hill and I was feeling asphyxiated.

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Ok, here it is in all its glory.   Gristers who daily bemoan the "big industrialists" who pollute -- meanwhile these bearded hippies are choking us to death with wood stoves.

Really.   Read all about it in Seattle -- during a recent cold snap the air was UNBREATHABLE in a swath across half the Olympic peninsula, all of Puget Sound and some eastward.   I live in Kent East Hill and I was feeling asphyxiated.

]]> Comment #6 by satjiwan http://www.grist.org/article/pellet/ Tue, 06 Feb 2007 07:16:16 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/pellet/6 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



]]> 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



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