Saturday, March 10, 2007

Corn-fired Furnace

It turns out that producing heat through pure corn is less than half the cost of producing heat through ethanol. (I don't know if this includes the cost of pollution or not) A corn-fired furnace is a little bit more expensive, and it's more labor-intensive, but it seems to make a bit more sense than oil-fired power plants, at least over time. Too bad coal is still so cheap and dirty.

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