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Pellet Stoves Save You Money in Two Ways

Just before beginning this article, I checked the price of a gallon of heating oil. The full service oil company I shopped was at $3.65 for one gallon of oil at 139,400btu per gallon. Compare that to a $5.00 bag of Great American Brand premium pellet Continue reading

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Is your Wood Pile Ready For Winter?

Seems like winter just ended and yet here it comes again. It’s right around the corner really and I’m sure everyone has all their cordwood stacked and covered by now? Well if you haven’t by now it is almost too late for this season unless you have a source for truly seasoned wood. Continue reading

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What Waiting To Buy Your Pellets Could Cost You

We have finished contacting all our pellet customers attempting to persuade them to buy their pellets early.  Continue reading

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Blazing Hot Stoves, How and When To Clean Your Pellet Stove

Pellet stove cleaning is one of those chores most of us stove owners would rather put off until the fall. Continue reading

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Spring Cleaning for Your Hearth

This year has given our alternative heating systems quite a work out and considering what they pay back in fuel savings it makes sense to perform some preventative maintenance now, before the next heating season.  Continue reading

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Shell Gets Serious About Bringing Biofuels to Market. Finally

Shell has dabbled in wind, solar and biofuels in the past. Continue reading

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Lessons from the Gulf Oil Spill: One Smoking Gun Revealed

Recent testimony to federal investigators exposed a flaw in the complex operations at BP’s Macondo well, which likely contributed to the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion and Gulf oil spill. Continue reading

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Valero’s Big Ethanol Push: Selling E-85 at the Company Store (Well, Gas Station)

Valero Energy has gone from corn ethanol hater to one of the largest producers of the product in the past two years. Continue reading

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Google PowerMeter Is Counting On Your Inner Energy Geek

The newest improvement to PowerMeter, Google’s free home-energy saving software, includes one way-too geeky feature. Continue reading

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Why Greenpeace’s Arctic Oil Activism is Just Getting Started

Cairn Energy was forced to shut down its oil exploration operations in the Arctic after Greenpeace activists breached its security perimeter. Continue reading

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