Corn heat cost less than any other energy even in year 2007 at the all time historical peak for corn prices. The previous corn price peak was $3.55/bu in the...
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haclift
Feb 14, 2007 6:11 am
US farms plan to double corn acreage in 2007 as compared to 2006. Production may also double per acre with seed and fertilizer management. The net result could...
Forward thinking, considerate, informed, extremely well educated, common sense with an ear fine tuned and grounded, yet patiently testing for truth, not...
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Ken
kmeinken
Mar 4, 2007 10:39 pm
... From the calculators that I have seen, firewood and coal cost less. They are just not as convenient or clean. ... That is strictly a marketing issue. ... ...
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Cornstoves
haclift
Mar 5, 2007 3:02 am
Ken, Click on Files. Compare the inflation or escalation of milk and gas with corn. Then think about the calculations referenced. Truthfully the 80% efficient...
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yellowcorvette4
Mar 5, 2007 8:16 am
Ken, In most homes the corn cost compared to other fuels follows the bar graph comparison on http://msnusers.com/AmaizablazeCornStoves. Click on Model 7100,...
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Ken
kmeinken
Mar 5, 2007 7:07 pm
I get a "not found" on the cost comparison you reference. But looking at http://www.pelletheat.org/3/residential/compareFuel.cfm firewood at $150/cord and 50%...
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cornstoves
Mar 5, 2007 10:31 pm
Talk to someone heating with corn that previously heated with wood. This week end at Gray Tenn Fairgrounds you can talk to wood workers with access to...
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Charlie Miller
yellowcorvette4
Mar 5, 2007 10:32 pm
Error in enery efficiency disqualifies the shown wood pellet comparison chart. The comparison is garbage. Compared is the 100% efficient electricity with 80%...
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Cornstoves
haclift
Mar 16, 2007 6:16 am
Corn cost less. Ask someone heating with corn about the cost of corn. Some figure $1 savings for each gallon of corn poured into a corn stove. Corn was...
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Cornstoves
haclift
Mar 16, 2007 6:18 am
Click on Files for a 200 year history of prices in bar graph form....
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r h
rhrmotors
Mar 16, 2007 2:51 pm
Note: forwarded message attached. ... It's here! Your new message! Get new email alerts with the free Yahoo! Toolbar. Has anyone out there done any...
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tennesseecornstoves
tennesseecor...
Mar 19, 2007 6:45 am
Rick, Is the additional cost of a variable frequency drive justified? Set fixed combustion air flow for good clean corn combustion at the maximum normal corn...
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Cornstoves
haclift
Apr 6, 2007 7:13 pm
Listen up! Ethanol ear money stays home. Money otherwise ear marked for MidEast tourist and terrorist will stay home to tame the local economy. Ethanol's...
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Ken
kmeinken
Apr 6, 2007 8:46 pm
... Corn takes a lot of energy to produce it: diesel fuel for tractors and dryers, and fertilizer. Where does the fuel and fertilizer come from? OIL Of...
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yellowcorvette4
Apr 6, 2007 9:27 pm
Ken, Does corn heat take food away from the elderly, the poor, babies, and other countries? Will beef suffer? In realty, increased corn use and production...
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yellowcorvette4
Apr 7, 2007 5:27 am
Big oil corps control petro prices. Local corn farms have no control over corn prices. Corn prices that double on the open market only reward the local corn...
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Ken
kmeinken
Apr 7, 2007 6:09 pm
... Actually supply and demand (and gov't policies) control oil/gasoline prices. The government makes more money off of a gallon of gas than the oil companies...
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Cornstoves
haclift
Apr 7, 2007 7:03 pm
Perfect Competition - Supply and demand control prices at average production cost. Millions of farms approach perfect competition by increasing the corn supply...
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Cornstoves
haclift
Apr 10, 2007 5:08 pm
Gasoline prices continue to climb. Why is a tariff on Brazilian ethanol used to protect OPEC? High fuel prices hit everyone including farmers. To circumvent...
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woody19582002
Apr 11, 2007 9:24 pm
Is anyone out there having rust thru on their secondary heat exchangers? I have had to patch my tubes once and the bottom of the chamber twice in 2 years. I...
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r h
rhrmotors
Apr 12, 2007 7:13 pm
woody: Do you feel you have a moisture problem in the secondary heat exchange area? Moisture with corn ash is extremely corrosive. Are you using inside air or...
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Cornstoves
haclift
Apr 19, 2007 6:40 pm
Corn for steeds of history, present, Apr 19, 2007 9:48 AM, By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff This isn't the first time in Mississippi agricultural...
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Cornstoves
haclift
Apr 19, 2007 8:22 pm
Woody, Woody, Would he, do it if I told him how? First off use room combustion air rather than cold outside air. Stove efficiency will improve. Room air is not...
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Daniel Wood
woody19582002
Apr 20, 2007 3:53 am
Myself and the three other parties who have contacted me all use inside air for combustion. My secondary and a friends are being returned next week for...
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Cornstoves
haclift
Apr 20, 2007 4:56 am
Woody, An environmental friendly high temp corrosion preventive coating is available. I believe the synthetic is made from soybeans. Let me know if you are...
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millennium1000
Apr 20, 2007 5:55 am
Wow! Do you live near a battery factory? What's in the air over there, Woody? I had a wood worker friend that slipped a piece or two of wood in the burned...
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millennium1000
Apr 20, 2007 5:56 am
Moisture causes corrosion. Wear and corrosion remove metal at the most inopportune places. The best solution is to keep the exhaust dry. Not many coatings will...
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millennium1000
Apr 20, 2007 6:00 am
How cold did Michigan get this winter, Woody? How much corn did you use?...
