| If you don't know anything about pellets then this | | | | They are generally vacuumed to keep dust out |
| article is a good place to start as you can save | | | | of them, this helps keep emissions at their lowest |
| quite a bit of money annually by heating your | | | | for foreign debris in the pellets. Because of this |
| home with them and a wood pellet furnace. | | | | wood pellets create more heat and less pollution |
| So what are they? Well they are basically 1/4 of | | | | than any other wood burning appliance. |
| an inch in diameter, and range from 1/2 inch to 1 | | | | This solution also helps us reduce our need for |
| inch in length. It is important that you also have a | | | | foreign dependence on oil or gas. Pellets are also |
| stove for burning them in. Wood Pellets are | | | | renewable, and have extremely low emissions. |
| normally comprised of spruce or pine, so you are | | | | Typically a 40 LB Bag of pellets will produce only |
| typically burning softwood that has high BTU | | | | about 3-5 oz. of ash after burning. |
| viability. | | | | If the average American used pellets to heat their |
| Another thing that you are shooting for is getting | | | | homes they would reduce their carbon footprint |
| a pellet that has a low ash content, this means | | | | by over 3300 lbs over heating with electricity. |
| that you will be burning cleaner for one and also | | | | Recently it has been hard to get ahold of a wood |
| that you will be required to remove the ash a lot | | | | pellet furnace or wood pellets because of their |
| less than some other pellets. | | | | popularity. |
| The average home can be heated completely | | | | However, there is also another option as well for |
| with only 2 tons of pellet fuel and a wood pellet | | | | those interested in heating their homes on the |
| stove throughout the winter. For the most part | | | | cheap. Don't forget that You can always MAKE |
| pellets are cheap by the ton and also available at | | | | YOUR OWN as well! |
| hardware stores, or by the pallet as well. | | | | |