Re: Who is looking for alternative forms of energy to try and lower energy cost?
My BF has a friend that put in a corn stove...St. Croix or something. He farms, though, and grows his own corn. He said that it was totally worth it. Their propane bill before the stove was around $200 a month, but they put it in last winter and have only had to use $400 for the whole year...But they do have to keep bringing in buckets of corn to burn.
My BF has a fireplace and pretty much starts a fire every evening. He can get it up to 80 degrees in his small house, so the heater doesn't kick on until it is burned out, usually sometime in the wee hours of the morning. He chops the wood (ok, so he uses a chain saw) himself, so it is cheap.
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