CORN BURNING STOVE

Many of us have been on the search for the cheapest way to get heat throughout the winter and if sales are the determining factor, corn has won. This winter demand for propane stoves and pellet stoves may have increased but corn burning stoves have sold out. Sales of corn burning stoves have gone from 65,000 to a drastic jump of 150.000 predicted for this year. Corn burning stoves retail for about $1600 to $3000, paying for themselves in savings in just one or two years. Typically, the stove only needs a little less than a bushel of corn a day. One dollar and sixty cents would get you a bushel of dried kernel corn that you pick up at a local feed store. This reduces a monthly bill down to about $60.00 per month. For some, the entire winter season costs about $200.00, an impressive savings from the average $400.00 a month bill as experienced with gas furnaces. Another bonus, is that compared to wood stoves, corn stoves don't lower the humidity in the room. Easy to install, corn stoves are vented and function without a chimney. Many of the stoves burn fuels other than corn, rye or wheat, such as wood pellets. Adapter kits are available to change a corn stove into a multi-burning stove, from Amaizablaze at www.cornstoves.com Other web-sites for corn stoves include www.harmanstoves.com and as well www.drcornstoves.com


Corn Carbon Footprint

What is the carbon footprint for producing the corn that is burned in the fireplace? Do solar and electric give a better footprint?