| The advancement of modern technology has, | | | | home results in actual heat; the other fifty |
| indeed, enabled most people to live better lives in | | | | percent of your hard earned money is spewed |
| almost every area of the world. Everything, from | | | | out of the chimney of your home. |
| the very difficult task of scrubbing the laundry | | | | However, the modern natural gas and oil fired |
| from the whole family by hand, to the somewhat | | | | furnaces of today are up to ninety-eight percent |
| easier chore of washing the supper dishes, has | | | | efficient. This results in lower energy bills; as well |
| been made more bearable by the advancement | | | | as cleaner air to breathe. If a person were to |
| of technology. This fact is especially applicable, for | | | | integrate these up-to-the-minute energy efficient |
| example, to the changes that have been | | | | furnaces with the latest methods of properly |
| developed in the field of energy consumption. The | | | | insulating a home, most people would be amazed |
| wood burning stove gave way to the coal | | | | at how much money this advancement of |
| furnace. This was eventually replaced by the | | | | technology will save them. |
| natural gas or oil home heating units. For many | | | | Let us not neglect to mention a few of the |
| years most people were delighted with these | | | | heating units that people would have been laughing |
| products. The price of fuel was relatively low; so | | | | at just a few years ago. Who would have ever |
| why should anyone complain. | | | | imagined that a person could use dried corn, |
| However with the recent energy crisis, coupled | | | | corncobs or even dried cherry pits as fuel for |
| with the downturn of the economy of the whole | | | | heating their homes? The mere idea that by |
| world, many people are beginning to investigating | | | | digging down deep into the earth a person could |
| any of the benefits that can be derived from | | | | harvest unlimited, unending, free for the taking |
| installing one of the new highly efficient furnaces. | | | | heat that has been trapped there for years is |
| Older models usually have somewhere around a | | | | astounding. Therefore, it is simply a guessing |
| fifty percent efficiency. That means that probably | | | | game as to what new discoveries the future will |
| only half of the money that you pay to heat your | | | | bring. |