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Author Re: How to convert oil boiler to electric (house water heating
bbechtel16@gmail.com

2008-01-30, 9:25 am

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> No, If you enjoy it and get other benefits from it, of course you
> should keep doing it. I stated that in my post. My point is some
> people don't enjoy cutting, splitting, and hauling wood. And in that
> case, I agree with hallerb, that if they looked at the labor spent
> doing it, it can be more effective to just work some extra hours
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> CO2 isn't the only issue or even the main one. The typical woodstove
> emits a lot more HC, CO, other noxious gases and particulates than a
> natural gas or oil fired furnace. And a lot of it depends on what
> kind of wood is burned, how well the fire is managed, which are not
> issues with gas or oil. There are towns with people living in close
> proximity that have had so much pollution from woodburning stoves that
> they have put restrictions on new ones.
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> It can be swell it you enjoy doing it and if only a small percentage
> of people do it. But if any significant percentage of homes started
> doing it as their main source of heat, air quality would definitely
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I love the smell of woodsmoke in the morning. I wish more people
burned wood. (I don't.)
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