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Originally Posted by HLJ
Residential pellet stoves have been around for a long time, but now there are a few pellet furnaces and pellet boilers available in the US. Some of the pellet manufacturers are investigating bulk pellet delivery, so that you don't have to deal with the 40-lb bags. Bulk delivery should reduce the cost of pellets, but I don't know if it's available anywhere yet. In addition to wood pellets, some of the pellet stoves can also burn corn and some can burn coal. |
Last I heard, Takoma Park, MD, which is a bastion of liberals and hippies, has a silo for distribution of wood pellets to home owners with wood pellet stoves. They have some sort of wood pellet co-op. You still have to go to the silo to pick up your pellets. They need to offer home delivery. The bulk is considerable. It's not like filling a heating oil tank in your basement once or twice a season. You need to take weekly trips to the wood pellet silo to get your fuel.
I just looked it up, and I'm wrong... It's a
corn silo that Takoma Park has.