| The recent spikes in oil and natural gas
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| | oils. The biodiesel burns much cleaner
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| prices have put the topic of alternative
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| | than traditional heating oil, but has its
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| fuels for home heating at the forefront
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| | own problems (for one thing, biodiesel
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| of discussions around the country.
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| | tends to cause rubber gaskets to erode),
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| Alternative fuels that in the past were
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| | so be sure to check with your furnace
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| seen as marginal, odd, or strictly for
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| | servicer or manufacturer before you opt
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| rural use are getting a second look.Wood
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| | for B100.If you choose to use B100, and
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| heat has been used for generations in the
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| | your furnace will handle it, you have a
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| rural U.S., but has been replaced in the
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| | couple of options. B100 is becoming more
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| past fifty years or so by central heating
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| | available around the country; check on
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| provided by oil- or gas-fired furnaces.
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| | the Internet to find a supplier near you.
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| However, in recent years, wood stoves
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| | Also, waste oil - that is, used vegetable
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| have been making a comeback. Attractive
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| | oil discarded by restaurants - can be
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| stoves by Jotul and other manufacturers
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| | filtered and used in some furnaces.
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| have taken their place in communal living
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| | Several furnaces on the market are
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| areas like kitchens and living rooms to
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| | designed to burn waste oil. Commercially
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| supplement heating while providing a cozy
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| | manufactured B100 has an additive that
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| ambiance to the rooms. Wood furnaces,
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| | keeps it liquid at low temperatures,
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| both internal and external and in many
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| | which recycled vegetable doesn't contain,
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| new designs based on the latest
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| | so do your research - and check again
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| technology, provide the ability to load
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| | with your furnace servicer - before you
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| the furnace so as to provide hours of
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| | attempt burning used vegetable oil.We're
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| central heating before needing
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| | facing a new world with lots of
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| re-stoking. An advantage of burning wood,
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| | challenges in terms of how to heat our
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| at least in rural areas, is that it can
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| | homes, especially in colder winter
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| be locally obtained; people with a wood
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| | climates. Luckily there are technologies
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| lot can get it with "sweat equity", and
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| | like wood gasification and biodeisel,
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| can supplement their income by supplying
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| | available today which can help us move
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| their neighbors as well.New plant-based
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| | away from our decades-old dependence on
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| fuels like wood pellets and corn pellets
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| | fossil fuels.Aldene Fredenburg is a
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| can also provide heat when used in
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| | freelance writer living in southwestern
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| specially designed, clean-burning
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| | New Hampshire and frequently contributes
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| furnaces and stoves. In addition, more
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| | to Tips and Topics. She has published
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| and more people are taking a new look at
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| | numerous articles in local and regional
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| biodiesel, a fuel manufactured from
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| | publications on a wide range of topics,
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| vegetable oils, primarily soybean oil.
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| | including business, education, the arts,
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| Most furnaces can use B20, a fuel made of
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| | and local events. Her feature articles
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| 80 percent traditional heating oil and 20
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| | include an interview with independent
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| percent biodiesel, without any
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| | documentary filmmaker Ken Burns and a
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| adjustments; some people are getting
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| | feature on prisoners at the New Hampshire
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| their furnaces adapted to be able to burn
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| | State Prison in Concord.
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| B100, a fuel made entirely of vegetable
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