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Fuel
Energy
Strategies
http://energy.cas.psu.edu/
Compare the cost of wood heat to other fuels, including wood pellets
and shelled corn. You will need to know your cost of various fuels
to make a decision.
Firewood
Ratings and Information
http://mb-soft.com/juca/print/firewood.html
Information on heat content of various wood species.
Heating With Firewood
http://www.maine.gov/doc/initiatives/wood_to_energy/firewood_heat.html
Maine Forest Service has several fact sheets and video clips
discussing firewood. Information includes safety tips, wood species,
heating tips, and provides a wood fuel calculator.
Heating With Wood and Coal
http://extensionpubs.umext.maine.edu
Wood- or coal-burning stoves require that you have a much greater
awareness of fuel characteristics and combustion techniques to use
the fuel efficiently and safely. This 72-page book reflects
technology and code changes affecting the installation of stoves
that have occurred since 1985. Designed to be used as a guide when
selecting, installing and operating a solid-fuel stove for home
heating. Covers evaluation of solid fuels, fireplaces, stoves,
furnaces and boilers, installation, chimneys, and cutting/splitting
firewood. Revised in 2003.
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