High Heat Oil Prices Making Consumers Hot for Firewood

USA Today/AP on firewood as a hot commodity.  Up 50 percent in places, it's still cheaper to heat with wood than with oil, on a cost comparison basis. 

A cord of firewood has the same heating potential as 155 gallons of heating oil, said Peter Lammert of the Maine Forest Service. Thus, a cord of seasoned firewood costing $300 is a bargain compared with 155 gallons of heating oil costing $685.10, based on $4.42 a gallon, the statewide average.

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[Oklahoma Mortgage]

A woodburner is still the cheapest way to heat your home especially if you can get your firewood for free. Heat pumps run woodburners close for running costs and unflued LPG heaters remain the most expensive form of heating.Seasoned wood shows large cracks and makes a distinct hollow sound when two pieces are knocked together.