Pa e 4 RAIN December 1978 1trr.,b[)l'nOtJllrrt.L C!M.~ "STA..TIi. . O$ .1\II1io·l«r' .,.. S.I~ fio.\IClot ......t..&. . s"e.~ 1:"6&. -.oa.1Ii. .so T\.IE ST"OVEWOR':S ro"'~".~ ~r... z...-,.\..1!C8 I> State of the Art (poster), $1.00 ea. from : The Stoveworks Miller-Spreader Co. 4020 Simon Rd. Youngstown, OH 44512 It's high time we found some humor in an industry which is fast becoming overburdened with expensive monstrosities disguised as efficient woodstoves. Each manufacturer seems to claim that his product is better than the others. According to Jay Shelton, some of the patented, featured, design intricacies incorporated in woodstoves have little or no real fu nction. P.S. There are T-shirts available too! State of the Art poster The use of wood-fueled heating appliances is becoming-quite popular in states having large forested areas. Wood-n-En ergy (September '78, published by the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests) notes the findings of a survey conducted by Professor Star Schlobohm of University of New Hampshire. Total or supplemental heat is now supplied by a free-standing woodstove to 38 to 4S percent of owner-occu' pied dwellings. Woodstove purchases are planned by 3 to 6 percent of the population this year! A similar phenomenon is happening in Vermont, where 18 percent of Vermont homeowners plan to buy a woodstove in the next three years (Vermont Energy Office). Nearly twothirds of Vermont homeowners already use woodJuel to some degree. According to Alan Turner, Wood Energy Specialist in the Vermont Energy Office, domestic and industrial wood combustion will account for 10 to 11 percent of Vermont's total energy consumption this y ear! Here in Oregon and Washington, future energy needs are still not calculated with wood heating estimates. Long range energy forecasts are purposely (Bonneville Power Administration, Public and Private Utilities) calculated to justify nuclear power plant construction. Even the use of short-lived, relatively inefficient wood-burning appliances is likely to substantially reduce our consumption of fossil fuels or electricity. Bill Day
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