Wood fuel for heating
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Wood is a plentiful and accessible fuel for many Missourians. It is relatively clean and comes from a renewable resource — the forest or wood lot. Coal and oil supplies are limited, are not renewable and, therefore, are “expensive” fuels in terms of national resources. The heating value of properly prepared fuel wood compares favorably with other fuels. When you can get fuel wood from a woodland through timber- stand improvement, the woodland also benefits. During power failures or national emergencies, wood can be an important source of heat. Wood, however, does have disadvantages for industrial or home heating that have contributed to a decline in its use. These include: (1) storage problems because wood creates greater bulk per unit of heat content; (2) wood must be dry for best performance; (3) Possible chimney-fire hazard because low pipe or flue temperatures cause residues to condense; and (4) inefficiency of many heating units and methods of fuel wood preparation. New efficient heating and fuel preparation systems, however, may increase the popularity of wood as fuel. Heating units that use wood as one of a combination of fuels also are increasing in popularity.
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