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High oil and gas prices
got you spooked? |
Winter . . . And now, after all the hauling, splitting and stacking, you can sit back and enjoy the fire. |
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High oil and gas prices
got you spooked? |
Winter . . . And now, after all the hauling, splitting and stacking, you can sit back and enjoy the fire. |
| A non-commercial service in support of responsible home heating with wood |
| We can help you to burn wood better | ||
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Stoves, fireplaces, inserts, furnaces and so on . . . Heating Water with a Wood Stove Woodburning and the environment A reader's comment by email: |
Welcome to the home of the Wood Heat Organization Inc., a nonprofit, nongovernmental agency dedicated to the responsible use of wood as a home heating fuel. We start from the premise that heating a house with wood, partly or totally, is environmentally appropriate (conditionally) and economically beneficial. That doing it is physically healthful, and that experiencing it is comforting to the body and soothing to the spirit. Big claims for a heating fuel. Like any other human endeavor, wood heating can be done badly or well. Wood can be harvested poorly, burned dirty and its heat wasted. Or, wood can be harvested sustainably, burned cleanly and efficiently, and its energy used to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming. Here, you will find support for your efforts to use wood well. We'll also clear up some misconceptions about wood heating – there are a lot of them around. Here, you'll get a balanced view of the merits of wood heating. Whatever energy source you choose, its use will have an impact on the environment. The best energy sources are renewable and the best of those are solar power and wind power because their environmental impacts tend to be low. As good as they are, though, they do have their problems and limitations. Wood is another renewable energy source with its own problems and limitations, some of which can be managed and minimized, others of which cannot. But when it is used effectively, wood is a fine fuel compared to the fossil fuels like oil, gas and coal, whose consumption leads to global warming. We hope you learn something useful and enjoy your visit.
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"People love chopping wood. In
this activity one immediately sees
results."
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| This site was put on line
09/17/99 and last updated 06/12/2007
It replaces wood-heat.com, which was on line from 08/96 to 09/99 |
