Biomass / Pellet / Corn stoves, who heats with them?

[5030]

So do I which is why we heat with multiple fuels. Some don't have that option however. really not politics with Line 5, it's more like plain common sense.

 

[Industrial Toys]

Living on a farm for thirty or so years, I find that having options and hedging ones bets is a good recipe. Multiple ways to heat, multiple ways to get water, multiple ways to cut steel, a dozen ways to cut grass. Too many people are just monkey see, monkey do and limit their options. Like ripping out any wood burning appliance and installing a gas FP!

 

[5030]

Living on a farm for thirty or so years, I find that having options and hedging ones bets is a good recipe. Multiple ways to heat, multiple ways to get water, multiple ways to cut steel, a dozen ways to cut grass. Too many people are just monkey see, monkey do and limit their options. Like ripping out any wood burning appliance and installing a gas FP!

Plus one on that. Eliminate your options and you leave yourself open to any and any cost increases.

 

[Oaktree]

Glad we don't live in New England. Pellet cost there is substantially more again, because the market will bear the cost, even though there are a number of extruders in New England, it don't matter.

$212 at TSC isn't bad (factoring in inflation) but not a cheap as propane and certainly not even close to NG.

Running now. 73 in here, 40 outside and it's idling on corn and pellets 3:1 mix.

73!!! I'd be sitting in my undies next to an open window. Way too warm for me!!!

As far as prices in New England vs Michigan, I don't heat with pellets but the from what I've seen the price is in the ballpark of what you're paying. Been pretty steady at that price for quite a few years.
Propane...that's a different story. Obscenely expensive here, last fill-up (October) was ~$3.39/gal. It might be a bit cheaper if you use more...we don't use much more than 150g/yr for cooking & hot water...not enough to get any sort of quantity discount. I don't know anyone who heats with it.

 

[5030]

You probably heat with wood chunk, which isn't an option for me. Pellets, corn and LP are my options and I choose the least expensive. I'd do NG if it was available, it's not.