[Rhodes22-list] Corn Reply

[L. Sailor]

Yum.

Ever smell the exhaust from a vehicle using recycled
cooking oil?

Interesting!

elle

--- Tootle <ekroposki at charter.net> wrote:

> 
> Jerry:
> 
>        What if it starts popping? Imagine smelling
> pop corn all winter.  
> 
> Ed K
> 
> 
> 
> R22MikeW wrote:
> > 
> > Jerry,
> > 
> > I used a pellet stove (wood) years ago and the
> biggest problem was the
> > accumulation of dust or broken pieces in the auger
> feed.  They either
> > jammed
> > the feeder or tended to put out the fire in the
> firebox.  I would imagine
> > that you may encounter a similar problem with
> corn.  In addition, corn
> > stores attract squirrels, mice and rats, something
> that we didn't have to
> > deal with using wood.  The rats will chew through
> wood and light gauge
> > metals to get their meal.  They can be very
> destructive.  You will need a
> > well armored storage bin.
> > 
> > Mike
> > s/v Shanghai'd Summer ('81)
> > 
> > From: "cjlowe" <cjlowe at bright.net>
> > Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 6:24 PM
> > With winter coming , I just wondered if any of you
> have or know somebody
> > ,who uses a corn burning fireplace/furnace,to help
> heat the home. I saw
> > them
> > at the county fair this year,and talked to the man
> for about a half
> > hour,naturally he came up with a lot of pros,I'm
> just wondering about the
> > cons he might have glossed over. It seems to make
> good sense to use
> > something that is as quick to replace as corn for
> heating fuel.Their has
> > got
> > to be a few drawbacks,for this to not enjoy a good
> following.
> > 
> > Jerry Lowe
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