this was printed in a local paper:
Associated Press
More Ohioans have started using wood to heat their homes over the past decade as the price for other fuels increased and the number of residents using fuel oil for heat dropped.
The Columbus Dispatch compared census data from 2000 and 2009 and found the number of Ohio homes heated primarily with wood increased from just under 48,000 to an estimated 82,000 or more. Though the use of wood grew faster than other fuel sources in that span, it's still used to heat less than 2 percent of Ohio households.
About 209,000 homes were heated with fuel oil in 2000, but that dropped by about 70,000 homes by 2009. Natural gas remained the most popular source, heating more than two-thirds of Ohio homes in 2009. About one in five homes used electricity for heat.
So, the good news is that more people are getting into woodburning for heat.
The bad news is that if this trend continues, my days of finding affordable wood nearby are numbered.
Associated Press
More Ohioans have started using wood to heat their homes over the past decade as the price for other fuels increased and the number of residents using fuel oil for heat dropped.
The Columbus Dispatch compared census data from 2000 and 2009 and found the number of Ohio homes heated primarily with wood increased from just under 48,000 to an estimated 82,000 or more. Though the use of wood grew faster than other fuel sources in that span, it's still used to heat less than 2 percent of Ohio households.
About 209,000 homes were heated with fuel oil in 2000, but that dropped by about 70,000 homes by 2009. Natural gas remained the most popular source, heating more than two-thirds of Ohio homes in 2009. About one in five homes used electricity for heat.
So, the good news is that more people are getting into woodburning for heat.
The bad news is that if this trend continues, my days of finding affordable wood nearby are numbered.