Grass Pellet Info I Stumbled Onto, Its coming...........

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drizler

Minister of Fire
Nov 20, 2005
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Chazy, NY 12921
Give it a year or two and grass pellets are going to arrive. This is an interesting study done by Cornell University. Too bad they didn't try out my countryside. I have managed to burn about everything in it. Enjoy. http://www.grassbioenergy.org/res/pellet_stove_demo.asp
 
I have seen these pellets At the Empire Farm Days in Seneca Falls, NY. I was told by the founder of this research that one bag of pellets produce more ash and a couple of bags of wood pellets and that a few different stoves have been clogged up from the ash. They give off good heat but that the ash is the down fall.
 
Fear not there is usually a way to mix pellets with about anything and make it burn decently and get away with it at least short term. I burn corn in mine mixed with 20% pellets give or take a real wide eyeballed margin and managed to do away with the noisy fuel stirrer. In exchange I get to dig out the clinker in the bottom of the stir pot a couple times a day and with pellets how the debris over the side once or twice. It works and its over half as loud. Now low and behold AES develops a deeper pot to help do just that. These things are changing every day now. The thing I like was the projected area of utility being the North East. Hell, I never thought this place was any use for anything in the last 20 years except being able to brag about paying the most monsterous taxes and breeding the most freeloading hillbillies. Thats why I am waiting some to put in a central system or boiler be it wood or pellet. Better things are coming. down the road and us new yorkers might just get a piece of it for a change. On the other hand its gonna get ugly for farmers and horse owners as far as hay prices go. Could be the same effect as corn which hasn't been pleasant. For myself I have been angling on a workable way to get my land assessed for agricultural purposes since I have at least 10 - 20 acres of pasture sitting here doing nothing for me but grazing 4 horses. Keep your eyes open, things are changing.
 
If they can perfect the grass pellets, just think of how cheap they'd be.
 
CygnusX1 said:
If they can perfect the grass pellets, just think of how cheap they'd be.

They are not getting into the business for the cheap. If there is no downside, the price will be close to wood, or corn.

Jerry
 
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