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Archive Home > 2008 > July > 31 > People willing to try new methods for heating homes

People willing to try new methods for heating homes

Sales of wood pellet stoves and heat pumps on the rise as heating oil nears $5 per gallon

By Clarke Canfield / The Bulletin
July 31, 2008

PARIS, Maine — Mark Bancroft’s new pellet-burning furnace hasn’t been installed, but he’s already counting how much money he’ll save over his old oil-fired burner.

Instead of paying $5,000 for 1,100 gallons of heating oil in the coming year based....

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