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Posted by Can't even use my name on November 16, 2004 at 16:33:04 from (216.241.134.37):
In Reply to: Re: With all the talk 'bout heating options... posted by Paul in Ontario on November 16, 2004 at 02:25:31:
You had the info I was really after, BTU's per pound. I did some lookin and found a ball park average BTU for wood is around 6000 per pound. A bit less. So if you burn say 3 face cords a year (seems to be a decent amount right???) you would be burning about 11,000 lbs of wood. That is 200 bushel of corn a year. Not too bad I guess. Here we heat for roughly 6 months so at $2 a bushel that is $400 a year or about $70 a month. However, for me it seems that since we have a large supply of good hardwood to burn it would be cheaper to use.
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